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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.

Credit: New Line Cinema Looks like our return to Middle-Earth on the big screen just got seriously delayed... While it was originally slated to land in theaters in December 2026, Andy Serkis has now confirmed that The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum won't actually release until one whole year later,

Andy Serkis is set to return to Middle-earth by directing and starring in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, but fans are going to have to wait a bit longer to see it. Initially, the plan was for the movie to release in 2026,

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.

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.

Andy Serkis has given an update on the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel film, currently titled Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, and has revealed that the expected release date has been delayed.

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.

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