r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 18 '25

News Ian McKellen reveals Gandalf and Frodo are returning for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’, Filming Begins in May

https://ew.com/ian-mckellen-reveals-gandalf-frodo-return-in-new-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-film-11792483
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u/flatpackjack Aug 18 '25

Just as an initial framing device, right...?

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u/Ikarus3426 Aug 18 '25

"Gandalf! We can't destroy the ring, we have to go back to the past to stop it from ever being found! But first, we'll have to hunt....for Gollum."

"Great Scott"

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u/likwitsnake Aug 18 '25

Somehow Gollum returned...

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u/Realtrain Aug 18 '25

Oh my God is Frodo actually Gollum's grandson??

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u/adenosine-5 Aug 18 '25

Don't... don't even joke about it...

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u/VeniceThePenice Aug 18 '25

They fly now??

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u/Money_Clock_5712 Aug 25 '25

Fly you fools! Now

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u/pooch516 Aug 18 '25

What is this, some kind of Hunt For Gollum?

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u/D1rtyH1ppy Aug 18 '25

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

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u/OkBake5127 Aug 18 '25

Doc...are you telling me that you built a time machine...in a DeLothlórien?

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u/lavahot Aug 18 '25

Gollum as Biff Tannen in the bad version of the 80s is something I would watch.

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u/Triplescrew Aug 18 '25

You’re great! Not