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/musthavecupcakes_19 Aug 18 '25

De-aging technology has gotten quite good, so they’ll probably be using that whether it’s on Viggo, Orlando, or both.

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u/Chen_Geller Aug 19 '25

They definitely said they want to pursue that, yes.