Hunt for Gollum Reveals Full Cast with Jamie Dornan
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Warner Bros. and New Line have announced the cast for "Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum," revealed during their CinemaCon presentation, with Jamie Dornan cast as Strider (Aragorn), replacing Viggo Mortensen from the original trilogy.
- Leo Woodall joins as Halvard, a fellow Dúnedain ranger, and Lee Pace returns as Thranduil from the Hobbit trilogy, while Andy Serkis directs and reprises his role as Gollum.
- The film is set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, focusing on Aragorn and Gandalf's search for Gollum to uncover information about the One Ring, with Ian McKellen returning as Gandalf and Elijah Wood as Frodo.
- Kate Winslet joins the franchise as a new character, and the film is scheduled for theatrical release on December 17, 2027.
- A second Lord of the Rings film, titled "Shadow of the Past," is in development with Stephen Colbert co-writing, planned to follow "Hunt for Gollum," but it currently lacks a director.
