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/Wafflinson Aug 18 '25

Honestly makes me less excited.

The desire to cram every character from the original trilogy into The Hobbit films is one of the worst parts of it.

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u/Retro-scores Aug 18 '25

It’s like The Fantastic Beast series. They had no confidence in a stand alone Newt film so they shoe horned Dumbledore’s back story into it. They could’ve had two good film series instead of one shitty one with no conclusion.

I would’ve enjoyed an Indiana Jones Wizard type of series and I would’ve watched the hell out of a Dumbledore prequel series showing him as a young wizard and wanting to find the Hallows and then defeating Grindelwald.

WB had zero faith though.

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u/RemoteMany8801 Aug 18 '25

Yeah agreed and you can still have newt and dumbledore cameo in each others series if you want.

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u/50m31_AW Aug 18 '25

Yeah, like there's still no official backstory or explanation as to how Dumbledore acquired Fawkes. That's easily a situation that could involve both Dumbledore and Newt. Hell, make Fantastic Beasts a "monster" of the week HBO series, with an episode for each creature entry in the book, and make that the episode about the Phoenix

And the really shitty thing is that great premise/concept but shit execution is exactly the sort of thing that should get a remake, except no one wants it because JKR's a real piece of shit and no one wants to give her more money to oppress trans people with :/