The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime film announced

New Line is gearing as much as current one anime to rule all of them with The Lord of the Rings: The Warfare of the Rohirrim. Now, earlier than you destroy your Lembas bread after clenching your fists in pleasure, it’s best to know that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh should not at the moment concerned with this mission. That would change, although, because it’s nonetheless early days for this bold endeavor. I do have a silver lining to report, although. Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings: Return of the King scribe Philippa Boyens will probably be a marketing consultant on the brand new mission, which is about to be directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Eden of the East, Cyborg 009: Name of Justice, Ghost within the Shell S.A.C. Strong State Society). This animated LOTR journey is at the moment being fast-tracked with Sola Leisure accountable for the animation.

Per Deadline, The Warfare of the Rohirrim focuses on a personality from the e-book’s appendix, the mighty King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand, and a legendary battle that helped formed Center-earth heading into LOTR. The anime pic will increase the untold story behind the fortress of Helm’s Deep, delving into the life and bloodsoaked occasions of Hammerhand. General, the film is a companion piece to New Line’s LOTR trilogy and is about roughly 250 years earlier than that film throughout the third age.

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“All of us at New Line really feel a deep affinity for the extraordinary world J.R.R. Tolkien created, so the chance to dive again into Center-earth with the crew at Warner Bros. Animation is a dream come true,” Carolyn Blackwood, Warner Bros. Footage Group chief working officer, and Richard Brener, New Line Cinema president and chief artistic officer, mentioned in a press release. “Followers know Helm’s Deep because the stage for one of many best battles ever put to movie and, with lots of the similar artistic visionaries concerned and the good Kenji Kamiyama on the helm, we couldn’t be extra excited to ship a contemporary imaginative and prescient of its historical past that may invite international audiences to expertise the wealthy, complicated saga of Center-earth in an exhilarating new manner.”

“This will probably be yet one more epic portrayal of J.R.R. Tolkien’s world that has by no means been instructed earlier than,” mentioned Sam Register, President of Warner Bros. Animation. “We’re honored to companion with a lot of the unimaginable expertise behind each movie trilogies, together with new artistic luminaries to inform this story.”

Voice casting for The Warfare of the Rohirrim is at the moment underway. I believe that New Line will need some huge names connected to this one. Particularly with this being such a left-field mission for the Tolkien franchise. I will let you know what, although. Listening to that Kenji Kamiyama is directing this beast has me very excited. I am an enormous fan of his Eden of the East collection, and it is price noting that he labored within the animation division for the unique Akira. These are some mighty tremendous credit, my mates. Let’s do that!