The War of the Rohirrim' First Look: Mumakil!

Forth Eorlingas!

Just days after Warner Bros. introduced “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for a Gollum” as a new live-action film for 2026, Rohan has mustered its forces for an epic first have a look at “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.” We lastly have a style of the animation fashion of the Warner Bros. characteristic, directed by anime filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama, in photographs launched upfront of the presentation for the film on the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. See the photographs beneath.

The anime movie shall be set 261 years earlier than the occasions of the live-action “The Lord of the Rings” films, and it doesn’t have the involvement of Peter Jackson, although his producing companion Philippa Boyens shall be a part of the presentation at Annecy. “War of the Rohirrim” will concern itself with an occasion the place the villainous Wulf, a lord of Dunland, seeks revenge in opposition to the legendary king of Rohan Helm Hammerhand, whose mighty horn would in the future crown the highest of the fortress of Helm’s Deep (additionally named after the monarch).

Wulf needs to wreak havoc in opposition to Helm and the horse lords of Rohan as retribution for the loss of life of his father. War is the one reply. Luke Pasqualino voices Wulf, whereas Brian Cox will tackle Helm. And most fun for followers of Jackson’s films: Miranda Otto will narrate the movie as future shieldmaiden Eowyn, the character she portrayed over 20 years in the past. Eowyn, alongside along with her uncle Theoden, are descendants of Helm. Theoden actor Bernard Hill, who contributed so much to defining the idea of the Rohirrim onscren, died earlier this month.

Andy Serkis will be part of Boyens, Kamiyama (who beforehand labored on the “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” and “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” TV sequence), and producer Joseph Chou, in a dialog in regards to the movie on the pageant. Annecy will run June 9 to June 15. Sola Entertainment is animating the movie now. Serkis will direct “The Hunt for Gollum.”

And listed below are the primary look photographs.