Andy Serkis' performance as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films is of the greatest meetings of actor and character in modern movie history. His groundbreaking work expanded the idea of what motion-capture performances are capable of,

Director Andy Serkis provides an update on the status of Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, which was supposed to release in late 2026.

One day many years ago, actor Andy Serkis sat in his kitchen working on the voice for the character Gollum in Peter Jackson's forthcoming adaptation of the J.R.

Fans eager to return to Middle-earth will have to wait a little longer. Originally slated for December 2026, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum has been pushed back a full year, with Andy Serkis confirming that the film is now eyeing a December 2027 release.

I guess it's worth pointing out that none of this is quite as slow as Professor Tolkien himself, who took decades to produce new writing during his life and often didn't even publish things he wrote.

Director Andy Serkis said that the delay to 'Lord of the Rings: The Hunt of Gollum' is due to extensive planning and visual effects work.

Serkis also offered some insight into the movie's production process. "We are right at the beginning of the writing process," the filmmaker explained. "We will be prepping later t