No, you haven’t dreamed it. A Gollum-centric Lord of the Rings spinoff movie is coming in 2026, and actor-director Andy Serkis is already teasing some of what’s on the horizon for the project.
Via Popverse, we’ve learned about Serkis’ cheeky little teases of what we can expect from the surprising new movie, including a possible title change (thank the Lord) and a fair amount of returning characters.
The filmmaker isn’t spilling the beans on any of the big names that could be returning — both Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) have already expressed interest in doing so — yet he admits they’ve already been trying to figure out who’s coming back as part of the new tale. “It is so early; it would be unfair to commit to anything at this point,” Serkis said, “But I will say that it will be a deep dive where we investigate Gollum’s character. There may be characters that we recognize that might be coming back. I’m not going to say who.”
