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With The New LOTR Movie Coming, I Had To Ask Anya-Taylor Joy About Getting Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy shall pass!

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The Guardian view on The Lord of the Rings: not a weapon in the culture wars

Editorial: The lack of diversity in the latest film is a backwards step. Adaptations of Tolkien’s epic must reflect our times

The Guardian - UK

Legendary Lord of the Rings director confirms next film after 12-year hiatus

Peter Jackson described the upcoming film as ‘a timeless story’

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'The Hunt For Gollum' Release Date, Plot Details, And Casting News For The Lord Of The Rings Film

'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum' has officially started filming. Here's everything we know so far about the Middle-earth midquel.

Inverse

First teaser for Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is hiding a 'precious' message, but you'll need to be a Tolkien expert to decipher it

The Hunt for Gollum might have you hunting for a Middle-earth translator

Total Film

Animal Farm review – Andy Serkis’ Orwell adaptation slaughters the classic farmyard satire with sugar

The passionate allegory on Stalinism is outrageously reduced to happy-ending panto in this defanged animation featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Laverne Cox and Glenn Close

The Guardian - UK

'The Hunt for Gollum' Director Andy Serkis Teases Gandalf's Role in LOTR Prequel

Andy Serkis discusses Gandalf's significant role in 'The Hunt for Gollum', a prequel exploring Middle-earth's untold stories, with Ian McKellen reprising his iconic role.

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Adam Serkis won't do a 'politically correct' casting in Lord of the Rings movie 'for the sake of it'

Andy Serkis is directing The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, which stars Kate Winslet, Jamie Dornan and Anya Taylor-Joy - with Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen back to star as Frodo and Gandalf respectively.

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The Lord of the Rings director Andy Serkis says AI is used for "some of the de-aging" in Hunt for Gollum, but "every shot is created in a traditional way"

The new movie will use AI

Total Film

Andy Serkis addresses diversity criticism of The Hunt for Gollum

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The Independent UK

Andy Serkis responds to Lord of the Rings diversity criticism ahead of new film: ‘We won’t do a politically correct version’

Confirmed ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ cast includes multiple franchise veterans along with Jamie Dornan, Anya Taylor-Joy, Kate Winslet, and Leo Woodall

The Independent UK

Andy Serkis on Animal Farm, Authoritarianism, and Humanizing Monsters

"If Orwell were writing that story now, what would his targets be?" the Animal Farm director asks Reason's Nick Gillespie.

Reason

Andy Serkis made an Animal Farm with fart jokes: ‘And it started a culture war!’

INTERVIEW: The actor and director, whose motion-capture work in ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ made him a star, is no stranger to breaking boundaries in filmmaking... but his radical take on George Orwell’s anti-fascist polemic has proven more divisive than he imagined. He speaks to Annabel…

The Independent UK

Wait, Did A Major Batman Villain Just Get Confirmed For Robert Pattinson’s Part II?

Gotham City just can't catch a break.

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Anya Taylor-Joy's Comments About Becoming An Elf In LOTR: The Hunt For Gollum Are Cracking Me Up

Now that's good casting.

GamesRadar

Returning to Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, the Uncharted rival that put Ninja Theory on the map

The Saturday Read | How born storytellers expertly updated a literary classic

The Guardian - UK

Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need

Andy Serkis has picked the perfect actor for the next iteration of the Lord of the Rings franchise. But if Tolkien didn’t linger over this subplot, should we?

The Independent UK

Anya Taylor-Joy joins cast for new Lord of the Rings film in what fans call ‘fitting role’

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Fans joke Hollywood casting ‘an actual elf’ after Anya Taylor-Joy joins Lord of the Rings

Studio confirms ‘Furiosa’ star will play a Sindar elf who is ‘a trusted and lethal agent of King Thranduil’

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Anya Taylor-Joy joins The Hunt for Gollum

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy has signed up to become a part of The Lord of the Rings franchise by joining prequel movie The Hunt for Gollum.

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'As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it': 'Star City's' Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis on learning to love the Motherland in Apple TV's soviet space race spin-off (interview)

'I think it’s a really interesting environment to delve into. Ultimately, it's a culture of survival.'

The Independent UK

Tom Hanks explains why voice actors don’t need a separate Oscars category

Two-time Oscar winner says voters should only consider ‘performances that moved you’

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Toy Story 5 star Tom Hanks gives verdict on new Oscars category

Toy Story 5 star Tom Hanks has insisted the Oscars doesn't need an extra category to accommodate voice actors - declaring: "I think they have enough".

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Colin Farrell lifts lid on filming The Batman Part II

The Penguin star Colin Farrell has confessed he hasn't "got much to do" for The Batman Part II but he's looking forward to being on the set "as a fan".

Total Film

The Rings of Power season 4 is in development with hopes to film in 2027, but there's no official greenlight on the Lord of the Rings show yet

The Rings of Power season 4 is in the works, but not confirmed

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