{"id":118391,"date":"2024-05-17T00:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T05:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=118391"},"modified":"2024-05-17T00:25:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T05:25:40","slug":"peter-jackson-explains-why-gollum-lured-him-back-to-middle-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2024\/05\/17\/118391-peter-jackson-explains-why-gollum-lured-him-back-to-middle-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Jackson explains why Gollum lured him back to Middle-earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Hunt for Gollum<\/em> Producer Peter Jackson has opened up to Deadline <\/em>on why this story, and this character, are right for this crucial moment to extend a Middle-earth resume that’s reaped $6 billion at the box office. It is a follow-up discussion to the Middle-earth shattering announcement<\/a> of two new The Lord of the Rings<\/em> movies from last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s so much to digest from Deadline’s extended conversation with Peter Jackson<\/a>, Philippa Boyens and Andy Serkis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Gollum\/Sm\u00e9agol character has always fascinated me because Gollum reflects the worst of human nature, whilst his Sm\u00e9agol side is, arguably, quite sympathetic. I think he connects with readers and film audiences alike, because there\u2019s a little bit of both of them in all of us. We really want to explore his backstory and delve into those parts of his journey we didn\u2019t have time to cover in the earlier films. It\u2019s too soon to know who will cross his path, but suffice to say we will take our lead from Professor Tolkien.\u201d<\/p>\nPeter Jackson, via Deadline<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The new feature film, The Hunt for Gollum<\/em> (tentative title), seems to be a natural follow up from the writing and producing team behind The War of the Rohirrim<\/a><\/em>. Newcomers Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou wrote Rohirrim<\/em> under the watchful guidance of Oscar winner (and Phoebe’s mother) Philippa Boyens, and the results have been impressive enough that they are already been engaged to work on this second Middle-earth film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Jackson and partner Fran Walsh are not officially involved in Rohirrim<\/em>, but the activity around Weta from all their old collaborators may have been enough inspiration to get back into the game. Just as his original plan for The Hobbit<\/em> was to hand off directing duties to someone else, Jackson has brought in Gollum himself Andy Serkis. “Their search for excellence never ends, and now I get to help reach that bar again. It was Philippa who first called me actually and said, look, this is what we\u2019re thinking. And I was just flushed with a sort of, oh my God, I\u2019m going back in there,” says Serkis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andy was already shooting his shot early last year, telling BroBible he was ready to come back on one condition: that Jackson is involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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