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At the Annecy Animation Festival, Andy Serkis led a panel screening the first 20 minutes of the highly anticipated theatrical animation film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, a collection of conflicting stories highlighting the First Age and the wars of the Rohirrim people.
Audiences got a glimpse of the new installment of this much-loved series based on New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, this art film is in contention for this year’s awards season and is adapted from JR Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’; the film is set to release on December 13.
The plot focuses on the main character Hera, voiced by Gaia Wise; she is a beautiful and intelligent girl who became the daughter of Rohan King Helm Hammerhand, played by Brian Cox. It revolves around her family and their fight against the Dunlendings who are trying to seize their possession.
“The fans are going to go crazy for it,” Serkis said.
“You’re the first people to see it, and yes, it is an extraordinary masterpiece.” The preview was warmly received by audiences, prompting Serkis to reprise his iconic Gollum character from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy, and jokingly state, “There’s only one word to describe a movie that’s at once Lord of the Rings and anime, and that’s priceless.”
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Kenji Kamiyama and his team unveil behind-the-scenes look at the Rohirrim’s war at Annecy
The panel included key figures involved with the project, including director Kamiyama, producers Philippa Boyens and Joseph Chow, and Warner Bros. executive Jason DeMarco. Kamiyama, best known for directing the anime series Blade Runner: Black Lotus, expressed his admiration for Jackson’s film adaptations, saying he saw all three films on their opening nights. During the discussion, it was revealed that Jackson and his producing partner Fran Walsh are serving as executive producers of the animated film. Jackson himself appeared via video to introduce the project, emphasizing its importance.
Kamiyama spoke about the importance of Boyens’ role in shaping the film’s story through an interpreter: “It was essential that Filippa lead the story,” he said. DeMarco discussed, “We didn’t want to make an animated version of Peter Jackson’s film,” and added, “We wanted to make a Kenji Kamiyama anime feature film that lives in that world. And that’s a difficult, difficult task that requires a very delicate balance between two types of filmmaking that haven’t really collided like this before.”
“There are certain things that I don’t think we could have done — or else they would have made it too expensive — storytelling elements that you could do in anime in a way that’s really breathtaking,” the film’s producer Philippa Boyens tells People.
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Chow had previously said that making the film was a difficult task. Serkis joked, “Don’t they all do that – at least.”
Serkis also hinted at his upcoming project, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, in which he will both star and direct, with Jackson also executive producing.
“We all know that Lord of the Rings is an extremely popular IP,” Serkis said.
“I feel very fortunate and lucky to have been a part of it so many times and am happily coming back.”
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