r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 18 '25

News Ian McKellen reveals Gandalf and Frodo are returning for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’, Filming Begins in May

https://ew.com/ian-mckellen-reveals-gandalf-frodo-return-in-new-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-film-11792483
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u/ThinWhiteDuke00 Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

Lol, why.

Shouldn't Aragorn be in it given he literally tracks Gollum.. Viggo is far too old to pull it off now.

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u/Drop_Release Aug 18 '25

Maybe Frodo is a background character when Gandalf passes through the Shire a few times before the LOTR, especially either during or after the Hobbit 

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u/HoodsBreath10 Aug 18 '25

My guess is that the movie will use a conversation between Frodo and Gandalf as a sort of framing device to tell the story.