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Lord of the Rings (film series)

The Hunt for Gollum

Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum was announced to be in development on May 9, 2024 with a planned release in 2026. The script is being developed by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and set to be directed by and star Andy Serkis.

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[-] regul@hexbear.net 59 points 6 months ago

After the success of the Gollum video game it's clear the people were clamoring for more of this little freak.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

To be fair I'd still rather play that than Hogwarts: Blood Libel TERF edition

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 8 points 6 months ago

I hate that this seems to be the only place I can go to get my fill of JKR getting shit on. Most of my friends loved it growing up and will at most agree that she's an asshole, but then they lap up any and all of her media for them and their kids.

[-] nothx@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

Most people can’t handle the fact that their treats are afforded to them on the backs of marginalized groups and then separating the art from the artist still shows support for the artist.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

It was bad in interesting ways, like watching certain B movies can be.

[-] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

it was sort of a throwback to the era of shitty movie tie-in games.

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[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 54 points 6 months ago

Lord of the Rings XXVIII: What's Up With Those Big Tree Guys Like What Is Their Whole Thing

[-] neroiscariot@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

The First Entwives Club, staring Diane Keaton

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago

I would happily watch that if they'd agree to never make any more gollum media

[-] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

Not gonna lie, that's one of the two LoTR stories I would gladly pay money to watch.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

It's a spinoff of the Lord of the Rings XXVIII extended cinematic universe. Each of the cast and crew of LotR XXVIII get a film about them.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

Oh, my mistake. And then each film could have it own franchise to create the LOTR multiverse cinematic universe.

[-] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago

this time you get to see up his asshole

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

What exactly is supposed to be the tension in this story? We know how it starts and ends

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 33 points 6 months ago

Gollum uses a time-and-space machine to jump to the modern day. He lands in Oklahoma and he teams up with a hard-livin' roughneck who's working 18 hours a day to put food on the table for his strugglin' family of six. The roughneck is The Rock of course and then they...

[-] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

God damn it they're going to give Gollum a love interest aren't they?

[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago

They made Shelob into a goth dommy mommy already, I'm not sure they can come up with much else to shit on Tolkien at this point.

[-] Swoosegoose@hexbear.net 32 points 6 months ago
[-] halykthered@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

This is my first time seeing this garbage. Which way to the mountains of Lammoth? I need to scream.

[-] AbbysMuscles@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

How did this happen

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 5 points 6 months ago
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[-] Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago

andy sarkis was cool in andor but this just sucks

[-] Des@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

legit cried from his episodes and.. now this

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[-] niph@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

I’m a huge fucking Tolkien nerd and generally receptive to new adaptations but I don’t really think this part of the story needs fleshing out even if they have the Gandalf taking out Dol Guldur storyline in there too. Give us Beren and Luthién ffs

[-] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I think stuff from the Silmarillion is off limits still? Which explains why all these spinoff are going for random shit.

[-] niph@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago
[-] halykthered@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

I think the stipulation was no First Age, and anything new cannot impact the story of the Lord Of The Rings.

[-] davel@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago
[-] TomBombadil@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

I've been listening. They are good.

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

PROFITS WILL BE SQUEEZED UNTIL YOU HATE THE SOURCE MATERIAL

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 18 points 6 months ago

Fellowship of the Ring: Civil War

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

I don't get it. How could that possibly work? According to the map - Texondor and Curufornia link up?

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[-] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

All the cool shit in the Legendarium and they keep going back to the most boring stuff.

STOP MAKING EVERYTHING A CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

NOT EVERYTHING IS A FUCKING COMIC BOOK

[-] AbbysMuscles@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

IIRC, the Tolkien estate refuses to allow any further mining of the Legendarium for movie/TV adaptations.

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[-] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

There's literally a war of power between gods that they could just play like superhero slop

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago

Is gollum gonna fuck or nah

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 9 points 6 months ago

Two words: Love Triangle.

[-] operacion_ogro@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

The ring resizes to suit its bearer

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

I never want to hear the gollum voice again. Please someone make it stop. xi-plz

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[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago

Why the absolute fuck does anyone think people want to know more about gollum. Honestly just start making shit up with random brand new characters in the same universe and it'll probably be a better story.

[-] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

"Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina" presented like "The Ballad of buster Scruggs" was what I had hoped to see when they announced their shitty cinematic universe

[-] neroiscariot@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire?

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

Why do people care about this? Have we all forgotten peter jacksons lotr movies were not the first?

[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 7 points 6 months ago

They set a high bar and are timeless.

Most people agree they cannot be improved upon, attempts since have proven this. The hobbit was meh. The rings of power was meh.

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[-] TheEgoBot@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 6 months ago

There was a really cool fan film some years ago called The Hunt for Gollum that was maybe 30 minutes and still a little over long, they're going to stretch the shit outta this, like butter scraped over too much bread 🙄

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