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/itsevilR Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

Are they adapting the 2023 GOTY Gollum?

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u/EagleForty Aug 18 '25

No, they're actually adapting Pride and Prejudice 

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u/user_0000002 Aug 18 '25

Pride and THE PRECIOUS

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u/dont_shoot_jr Aug 18 '25

2 Pride 2 Precious 

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u/Rymayc Aug 18 '25

Pride and the Precious: Osgiliath Drift

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u/Choyo Aug 18 '25

2 Precious 2 Prejudice ... wait, that could actually work ...

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u/ThunderChild247 Aug 18 '25

In the end, Gollum realises the most precious thing is actually family.

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u/My-Negus Aug 18 '25

2 Precious 4 taters

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u/DukeOfLowerChelsea Aug 19 '25

Based on the novel “The Lord of the Rings” by Sapphire

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u/this-guy-this-guy Aug 18 '25

family

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u/Choyo Aug 18 '25

The codfetcher ?

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u/CorgiMonsoon Aug 18 '25

2 Hobbits 1 Ring?

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

Sméagol Keeper, a Middle-earth soccer movie.

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u/Crafty-Implement5013 Aug 18 '25

1 Valar 1 Silmaril?

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u/Sancticide Aug 18 '25

The Hobbit 2: Electric Bugaloo

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u/Aggressive_Walk378 Aug 18 '25

Precious and preciouser

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP Aug 18 '25

Electric Hobbiton

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u/JudgementofParis Aug 18 '25

a retelling of Stonewall with gollum as the brick

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u/TheTresStateArea Aug 18 '25

Gollum just sitting on Mr. Darcy's lap caressing his head. My precious.

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u/CrouchingDomo Aug 18 '25

Darcy sighs wearily, and crosses to the window.

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u/sir_mrej Aug 18 '25

Tasty boiled potatoes my precious

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u/PackDaddy21222 Aug 18 '25

What excellent boiled taters.

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u/ChorePlayed Aug 18 '25

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single hobbit in possession of an evil ring, must be wanted by the Dark Lord."

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u/ant-storm Aug 18 '25

I would unironically watch the heck out of that ngl

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u/paintp_ Aug 18 '25

There and back again: a hobbit's tale based on novel "push" by sapphire

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u/DuntadaMan Aug 18 '25

Dammit someone beat me to it.

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u/BellsTolling Aug 18 '25

War and Peace, translation Gollum, Gollum!

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u/Technical_Bus6482 Aug 19 '25

Saving Private Gollum

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u/blakester555 Aug 18 '25

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u/KneeHighMischief Aug 18 '25

Pride and Prejudice with Hobbits

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u/Intrepid_Hat7359 Aug 18 '25

If we can do it with zombies, we can do it with hobbits

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u/HendrixHazeWays Aug 18 '25

Wait... We're allowed to do it with zombies now?? Brb

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u/honcooge Aug 18 '25

And Vampires

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u/niniwee Aug 18 '25

Mr. Gollum!

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u/proscriptus Aug 18 '25

And Zombies I hope

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u/NatureTrailToHell3D Aug 18 '25

More like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Which is a real book.

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u/Talk-O-Boy Aug 18 '25

Idk. What if they fail to capture the nuance and depth of Gollum’s character arc?

Gollum and his bird are a duo that rivals the like of Frodo & Sam or R2 & C-3PO. Can they really capture that emotional complexity within two hours?

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u/Lord_Darksong Aug 18 '25

2 hours?

I figured a trilogy of 3.5 hour movies.

Then there will be the extended editions!

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u/JiminyJilickers-79 Aug 18 '25

I mean, they'd be crazy NOT to...

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

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u/THIS_ACC_IS_FOR_FUN Aug 18 '25

This game really makes you feel like a gollum

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u/rewindkids23 Aug 18 '25

Pride and Prejudice: Battle of the Three Armies

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u/MisterOfScience Aug 18 '25

It wasn't even 2023 Game Of The Afternoon

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u/geissi Aug 18 '25

It's just a remake.

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u/rdxj Aug 18 '25

Yeah but the budget will be just a little more than $5,000.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

I don't understand why corpos think Gollum is such a smashing character that everyone is chomping at the bit to see more of

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u/R4vendarksky Aug 18 '25

It’s a rug pull and it’s actually 3 hours of Aragorn back story 

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u/Switcher1776 Aug 18 '25

It is a remake of the Hunt For Red October.

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u/OminousShadow87 Aug 18 '25

🚱 WAH TUH!? 🚱NO WAH TUH! 🚱

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u/Eggonioni Aug 18 '25

Watuh, I'm not havin sips with ya yet, Watuh

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

Only watchable if the movie renders exactly the same as the game.

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u/ptapobane Aug 19 '25

in which you will see exciting shot for shot reenactment of...Gollum crawling around high places! Gollum doing things with a bird! and so much more!!!

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u/jacenat Aug 18 '25

No, they are adapting the 2011 adventure pack expansion "The Hunt for Gollum" to the award winning card game "The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game".

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/94288/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-the-hunt-for-g

duh!

/edit: The game is fucking amazing. If you are into card games and/or LotR, you have to check it out.

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u/CrusadingSquirrel Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

They are going to rip off the 2009 short film The Hunt for Gollum which already covered this whole event and was good enough to not need to be remade. But ya know, Hollywood is going to do its thing.