Elijah Wood speaks out on Frodo return in new Lord of the Rings new film | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Later this yr, Sméagol star Andy Serkis will star in and direct the most recent Lord of the Rings film, The Hunt for Gollum.

Set through the occasions of The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien’s aspect quest follows Gandalf and Aragorn looking for out Gollum, the previous ring bearer.

It’s all however confirmed that Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood are reprising Gandalf and Frodo within the upcoming blockbuster.

To be clear, they most probably are, they’re simply not allowed to say it formally but, past McKellen’s teasing that their characters are within the new Lord of the Rings movie.

Nevertheless, Elijah labored across the hypothesis at a current fan conference panel.

Speaking at a Fan Expo New Orleans panel moderation by Screen Rant, the Frodo star mentioned: “I can neither confirm nor deny. Listen, a wizard is to be trusted. Aside from any of that, I’m not really allowed to confirm. I’m really excited about the film. I think it really is a creative ‘getting the band back together.’ A lot of the creative heads of department are back and in that space again. Philippa [Boyens] I think, is co-writing it and producing it. It’s very much that core original group getting back together to tell this story that will feel like a really fun exploration of this character that we all love so much. And I’m just really excited.”

Wood added: “I’m excited for Andy to direct it. It feels so unbelievably applicable that he directs a movie about his character that he has actually made his personal. I’m thrilled. It’ll be nice. And I’m excited to see…I do know their intention is to make different movies on this universe. And that is thrilling, fascinating to see the place that goes, however very thrilling.”