But as Lord Of The Rings screenwriter Philippa Boyens tells Empire, thing have got a little lost in (Elvish) translation. “I can tell you definitively it isn’t two films!” she says. “That was a genuine misunderstanding that happened because we’ve begun to work, conceptually, on two different live-action films. The first being The Hunt For Gollum, the second one still to be confirmed.” Even in just one film, Boyens promises a gripping tale to be told in Serkis’ feature. “It’s quite an intense story, which falls after the birthday party of Bilbo and before the Mines Of Moria,” she explains. “It’s a specific chunk of incredible untold story, told through the perspective of this incredible creature.”

As for why McKellen might have thought The Hunt For Gollum would be a two-parter, there’s a good reason for that. “We’re playing around with a number of ideas, but most of those ideas do include Gandalf,” Boyens explains. “So Gandalf would potentially return for two live-action films.” Plus, if anime feature The War Of The Rohirrim – on which Boyens is writer-producer – proves to be a success this December, there could be more animated Middle-earth stories too. “We have an absolute banger of a second film that would just be incredible as an anime,” she teases. “But let’s see if there’s an appetite for it.” Who’s ready to go there and back again?

You d think that awful Gollum game woulda gave them the hint a gollum based movie ain't it

Im sceptical bit well see

mmm

This a different movie lol

Damn they re going all in on lord of the rings IP, did you see the trailer for the animated feature they re dropping in theaters in december?

Yeah, looks cool but not sure if it’s a priority to see in theaters for me.

If I have time I’ll check it out

I felt the same, with it being animated the trailer and premise would ve had to be CRAZY to make it feel theater worthy

This gonna be another prequel?

give it a rest

Out

Don't make a paragraph into a movie. And don't just make some s*** up. If they are going to do something, it can only be The Silmarillions.

They think every character needs a solo something

They never learn that some of these popular characters are precisely that due to only being provided in small doses

Tale as old as time, from Steve urkel to jack sparrow to cleveland brown, they side characters for a reason lol