The film takes place about 250 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings and is the story of Helm Hammerhand, the ninth King of Rohan, at a time when his kingdom faced serious threats from within and without.
The film is directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), from a script by Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. Philippa Boyens, who was a writer-producer on the Lord of the Rings live-action trilogy, is a producer on this project. Peter Jackson is loosely affiliated as a producer/consultant.
The film stars Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, Gaia Wise as Hèra, Luke Pasqualino as Wulf, Laurence Ubong Williams as Fréaláf Hildeson and Shaun Dooley as Freca. Miranda Otto reprises her film role as Éowyn, serving as the film's narrator.
The film will hit cinemas on 11 December this year.
2 comments:
an entire trailer without Help Hammerhead, portraying the kings daughter as the hero.
It reminded me a generic anime, not LOTR.
So far my relatively minor issue with this is that they clearly portray it in a clichéd black & white way. Whereas my impression from the text is that in particular Helm Hammerhand's act of murder is portrayed in a more "amoral" way, similar to norse Sagas. And after all, Tolkien was a devout Christian and has these famous quotes about killing...
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