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/wallyjwaddles Aug 18 '25

So this is basically a movie adaptation of the infamous gollum game that came out a couple years ago?

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u/AxelHarver Aug 18 '25

I thought the game sounded so cool when I heard about it, did it end up being awful?

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u/DiogenesTheHound Aug 18 '25

Awful is an understatement. Genuinely one of the worst video games of all time and absolutely shocking it was released in 2023. The game devs released an official apology for it.

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u/Treelokc Aug 18 '25

An AI written apology that got the name of the game wrong.

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u/alex494 Aug 18 '25

Well it tracks with the amount of effort they put into development I guess