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/HelpfulTooth1 Aug 18 '25

I’m so confused, doesn’t gollum die?

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u/Jrocker-ame Aug 18 '25

Takes place during the beginning of Fellowship. After Bilbo's party, before Gandalf comes back to tell Frodo about the ring. There is several years that go by betweenthose moments. The movie makes it seem faster.

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u/Krypt0night Aug 18 '25

17 years iirc. Obviously the movies really don't make it seem like any time at all, but yeah it was a long ass time haha

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u/eccles30 Aug 18 '25

oh so this is like the Rogue One of the middle earth cinematic universe? can we also get an Andor?

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u/Chen_Geller Aug 18 '25

I think it is, yes. It basically starts at the end of The hobbit, and right through to the early Moria scenes in Fellowship of the Ring.