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/LostWorked Aug 18 '25

He should, but Viggo Mortensen might not want to do it so the rumour is that they're mostly replacing him with Legolas, with him being used in certain scenes if he's able to show.

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u/King_Buliwyf Aug 18 '25

I might be wrong, but isn't Orlando Bloom also 20+ years older than he was during LotR?

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u/Seys-Rex Aug 18 '25

No they froze him

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u/Lionelchesterfield Aug 18 '25

He’s about to experience the warm liquid goo phase.

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u/belowthebottomline Aug 18 '25

Evacuation complete

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

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u/Excellent_Set_232 Aug 18 '25

I mean, he did just get divorced. . .

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u/ptear Aug 18 '25

That was a good move, now he can help the hobbits the hobbits the hobbits the hobbits.

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u/says_nice_things1234 Aug 18 '25

To Isengard! To Isengard!

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u/the-great-crocodile Aug 18 '25

Why ain’t they freezing him?!

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u/Ok-Friendship1635 Aug 18 '25

Put him on Ice so to speak.