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.

Fans eagerly awaiting the next Lord of the Rings movie might be disappointed when they hear what star Andy Serkis has to say about its release. The Hunt for Gollum was announced back in May 2024 with Peter Jackson,

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,

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,

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