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The Hunt for Gollum is being criticised for its all-white cast. Blaming Tolkien is the wrong answer

The Lord of the Rings author’s debt to Norse mythology is simply irrelevant when it comes to the appearance of hobbits and elves on screen today

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’

The Independent UK

'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.

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'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.

International Business Times UK

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 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

"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

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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 Guardian - UK

How Silicon Valley misreads The Lord of the Rings

On October 30 2025, the Department of Homeland Security in the United States posted a Tolkien meme. It pictured Merry Brandybuck – one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s four hobbit protagonists in The Lord of the Rings – speaking to another hobbit Pippin at the climax of The Two Towers, the second…

The Conversation

Surprise, Stephen Colbert's LOTR Movie Didn't Come Out Of His Forced CBS Retirement

Colbert is setting the record straight.

Cinemablend

23 years later, Lord of the Rings fans think they've spotted a big Return of the King plot hole

The Shelob debate rages on

Total Film

‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’: UK gripped by new wave of Beatlemania in lead-up to four biopics

Fab Four are still making waves 60 years on – and upcoming Sam Mendes films are expected to turn the hype up to 11

The Guardian - UK

'Lord Of The Rings' Is Getting Its First True Open-World RPG

Warhorse Games, the developers of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance series, are moving to Middle-Earth.

Inverse

My precious: Lord of the Rings anniversary coin with ‘groundbreaking’ feature launched

A new coin has been launched to mark the 25th anniversary of the first film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy

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My precious: The Lord Of The Rings coin celebrates 25 years since film release

The Royal Mint coin is the first in a seven-strong collection that will celebrate The Lord Of The Rings epic fantasy films.

Inverse

The Gollum Spinoff Is Taking Surprising Inspiration From a DC Movie

'The Hunt for Gollum' will be the 'Joker' of the Lord of the Rings universe.

Cinemablend

I Was Surprised Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Influenced LOTR: The Hunt For Gollum, But The Reason Makes Sense

Okay, that is a strange comparison, but I can see it.

The Independent UK

How Lord of the Rings helped Stephen Colbert cope with Late Show cancellation

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Sir Peter Jackson reveals Joker inspiration for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

Sir Peter Jackson has explained how the 2019 movie Joker was a major influence on the upcoming flick The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.

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Top new proggy sounds from MONO, Shearwater, Earthside and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog you need to hear from hubris, Antariksh, Wildernesses and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

International Business Times UK

'The Hunt for Gollum': Why Andy Serkis Is Directing the Next 'Lord of the Rings' Movie, Not Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson explains why he's not directing 'The Hunt for Gollum'. He highlights Serkis' unique understanding of Gollum's character.

The Independent UK

Peter Jackson says LOTR film helped Stephen Colbert ‘process’ Late Show cancellation

Comedian is writing screenplay for new film titled ‘The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past’

Radio France Internationale

Cannes Film Festival off to 'fast and furious' start despite Hollywood's absence

The Cannes Film Festival revved up its engines Wednesday evening with a screening of the 2001 blockbuster that launched the Fast and Furious franchise – a tribute to Hollywood despite a notable absence of large studios this year. Meanwhile, the main competition got started with films from Japan and France.

The Independent UK

Peter Jackson addresses Ryan Gosling casting fiasco on The Lovely Bones decades later

Ryan Gosling was fired from the film at the last-minute after he gained 60 pounds for the role

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Sir Peter Jackson: AI should be treated like any other tool

Sir Peter Jackson, the acclaimed filmmaker, has shared his thoughts about the potential impact of AI.

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