IGN can completely debut the primary eight minutes of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, New Line Cinema’s upcoming anime function movie directed by Kenji Kamiyama (the Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost within the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV collection). The footage – first screened at New York Comic Con 2024 – will be considered by way of the participant above or the embed beneath.
The movie’s voice solid is led by Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan. These ominous opening scenes set up a pervasive sense of dread and superstition. The following official synopsis sheds gentle on when precisely the movie takes place within the official film timeline and what’s at stake for the dominion of Rohan:
“Set 183 years earlier than the occasions chronicled within the authentic trilogy of movies, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the destiny of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden assault by Wulf, a intelligent and ruthless Dunlending lord in search of vengeance for the dying of his father, forces Helm and his individuals to make a daring final stand within the historic stronghold of the Hornburg—a mighty fortress that may later come to be often known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an more and more determined scenario, Héra, the daughter of Helm, should summon the need to guide the resistance in opposition to a lethal enemy intent on their complete destruction.”
Gaia Wise (A Walk within the Woods) voices Héra, whereas Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) voices Wulf. Miranda Otto – reprising her position as Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan, from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy – serves because the movie’s narrator
The stellar voice ensemble additionally contains Lorraine Ashbourne (Bridgerton), Yazdan Qafouri (I Came By), Benjamin Wainwright (World on Fire), Laurence Ubong Williams (Gateway), Shaun Dooley (The Witcher), Michael Wildman (Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), Jude Akuwudike (Beasts of No Nation), Bilal Hasna (Sparks) and Janine Duvitski (Benidorm).
Behind the scenes, Oscar winner Philippa Boyens – a part of the screenwriting group behind the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies – produces The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou. Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Sam Register, Carolyn Blackwood, and Toby Emmerich function government producers.
Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou penned the screenplay, from a narrative by Addiss & Matthews and Boyens, based mostly on characters created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Other returning inventive collaborators from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy embrace Alan Lee, Richard Taylor, and Tolkien illustrator John Howe.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a Warner Bros. Animation / Sola Entertainment manufacturing. Warner Bros. Pictures will launch the movie in cinemas nationwide on December 13, 2024, and internationally starting December 11, 2024. Tickets are actually on sale.
