A new character is joining the world of The Lord of the Rings in the upcoming movie, The Hunt for Gollum. Today, The Hunt for Gollum confirmed that the most elfy actress of all, Anya Taylor-Joy, would indeed play a character in the new Lord of the Rings movie. But this isn’t a Lord of the Rings character we’ve ever crossed paths with before. No, Anya Taylor-Joy will play an original character in The Hunt for Gollum: (what we assume is) an elf called Seren.
Nerdist’s Take on Anya Taylor-Joy‘s New Elf Character, Seren, in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Nothing is yet officially known about Seren in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, except that she is played by Anya Taylor-Joy. Still, given the bow in her hands and the fact that Anya Taylor-Joy literally looks like a Lord of the Rings elf, we’re going to assume Seren is an elf. And by the looks of things, she’s a wood elf or one of the Silvan Elves, at that. The Lord of the Rings‘ Legolas is a Silvan elf from Mirkwood. And we know that for a time, Gollum was held by the elves of Mirkwood before he escaped in The Lord of the Rings‘ world, exactly during the time The Hunt for Gollum will likely take place. In fact, it was Sauron who orchestrated Gollum’s escape from Mirkwood, ultimately allowing the Dark Lord to capture Gollum and find out that the One Ring was being kept in the Shire.
Perhaps Anya Taylor-Joy’s Seren is one of the elves that was assigned to guard and subsequently lost Gollum, bringing her story and The Hunt for Gollum‘s together.
Anya Taylor-Joy joins the following cast in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum: ” Sir Ian McKellen will once again play Gandalf the Grey. As we recently learned, Kate Winslet will play Marigol. A new actor will portray Strider (aka Aragorn) taking over for Viggo Mortensen. That actor is The Fall and 50 Shades star Jamie Dornan. Leo Woodall will play Halvard, a fellow ranger from the North. And two big returners: Lee Pace will play Thranduil, the ruler of the Wood Elves, and most excitingly, Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins.”
More About The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
In previous, Andy Serkis shared the following about The Hunt for Gollum:
We’re very early on in the process. We’ve been talking about the film over the course of the last year. We’re about to start a period of prep in the next few months or so. We will be shooting in the early to mid-part of next year, I guess, and then it’ll be as long as it takes to shoot, which — it’s a sizable movie — all ready for a December 2027 release. I’m incredibly excited to go back and work with my friends and family in New Zealand and actually do something which is, I think, going to be surprising, and yet very much part of the lore and the feel of the trilogy. The sensibility of it will feel, I think, close to that, and yet we’re investigating in greater depth the character formerly known as Smeagol, but mostly known as Gollum.
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will release on December 17, 2027.
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