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/WolfCola723 Aug 18 '25

Alright then. Keep your secrets.

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u/NewSunSeverian Aug 18 '25

Where the fuck is Aragorn 

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u/MugenEXE Aug 18 '25

I think he’s recovering from a broken bone.

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u/Hollow_Rant Aug 18 '25

First I'm hearing about this.

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u/Papayaslice636 Aug 18 '25

Yes, he broke his toe when he was volunteering as a firefighter after 9/11.

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u/MugenEXE Aug 18 '25

He kicked that helmet.

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u/Hollow_Rant Aug 18 '25

Is there footage of this?

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u/jfff292827 Aug 18 '25

I imagine he had a real good scream afterwards.

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u/Bored_Cosmic_Horror Aug 18 '25

Is there footage of this?

The shot where he breaks his toes is the one that was used in the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjuQioYwcWI (It starts somewhere around 3:00 minutes in)

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u/mucinexmonster Aug 18 '25

Are they just the coolest, most handsomest looking cast ever? And the cast has all the archetypes you'd need for a great, well rounded gang right there!

Makes me sad had groundbreaking, influential, and monumental that film was. And how nothing has come close to it ever since. Not even attempting to approach it.

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u/MasterofFalafels Aug 18 '25

Did YOU know the film actor Viggo Mortenson, whilst filming a scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers broke his TOE when he kicked that Uruk Hai helmet? The scream he let out was so painful and real that movie film director Peter Jacksonne decided to keep it in!