‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Review: Brian Cox in a Predictably Plotted but Sumptuously Animated Prequel
The familiar presence, or at least voice, of Miranda Otto provides a reassuring connective tissue between the Lord of the Rings films and a new animated prequel: Her Éowyn, previously seen in Peter Jackson’s juggernaut live-action trilogy, narrates The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, set in her homeland of Rohan some 183 years earlier. Serving both as insurance against New Line losing the screen rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels and as an appetizer to the upcoming live-action Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (scheduled for 2026), the distinctly anime-style feature should prove equally appealing to both diehard fans and newcomers.
The lengths to which the producers will go to perpetuate that cinematic universe is evidenced in the fact that The War of the Rohirrim — scripted by Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou — is based on Tolkien’s appendices to his Lord of the Rings,...
The lengths to which the producers will go to perpetuate that cinematic universe is evidenced in the fact that The War of the Rohirrim — scripted by Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou — is based on Tolkien’s appendices to his Lord of the Rings,...
- 12/9/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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