Warner Bros. Pictures releases the official trailer for Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings anime adaptation ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’.
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’. will be released in theaters nationwide on December 13, 2024, and internationally beginning 11 December 2024.
Synopsis: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg— a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.
In the director chair, Kenji Kamiyama, known for his work on ‘Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’ and ‘Eden of the East’, returns audiences to the world of Lord of the Rings set up by Jackson’s films adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic books. Kamiyama is joined by producers Philippa Boyens, from the screenwriting team behind “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” Trilogies, alongside Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou. The executive producers on the production are Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Sam Register, Carolyn Blackwood and Toby Emmerich. The screenplay is by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou, story by Addiss & Matthews and Boyens, based on characters created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Joining Jackson, after their work on “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, are Oscar winners Alan Lee and Richard Taylor, along with esteemed Tolkien illustrator John Howe.
The cast includes Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, King of Rohan, alongside Gaia Wise as his daughter Héra, and Luke Pasqualino as Wulf. Miranda Otto joins the cast as well reprising her role as Éowyn. She is also joined by Lorraine Ashbourne (Netflix’s “Bridgerton”), Yazdan Qafouri (“I Came By”), Benjamin Wainwright (“World on Fire”), Laurence Ubong Williams (“Gateway”), Shaun Dooley (“The Witcher”), Michael Wildman (“Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”), Jude Akuwudike (“Beasts of No Nation”), Bilal Hasna (“Sparks”) and Janine Duvitski (“Benidorm”).
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ is a A New Line Cinema Presentation, a Warner Bros. Animation / Sola Entertainment Production.
