The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim movie revealed the official poster visual ahead of its December 13 premiere date. International screenings will begin on December 11. New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Animation and Sola Entertainment are collaborating on the production, with Kenji Kamiyama as the director.
Described as New Line Cinema’s original anime feature, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is meant to bring fans back into the epic world brought to life by J.R.R. Tolkien. The official trailer was recently revealed.
Oscar winner Philippa Boyens is credited as a producer, along with Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou, who previously collaborated on the Blade Runner: Black Lotus series. The executive producers include Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Sam Register, Carolyn Blackwood, and Toby Emmerich. Screenplay credits include Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou, with the story by Addiss & Matthews and Boyens. Stephen Gallagher is handling the music.
The creative team also features returning collaborators from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including Oscar winners Alan Lee and Richard Taylor, as well as the well-known Tolkien illustrator John Howe. The voice cast consists of:
- Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand
- Gaia Wise as Héra
- Luke Pasqualino as Wulf
- Miranda Otto as Éowyn
- Laurence Ubong Williams as Fréaláf Hildeson
- Shaun Dooley as Freca
- Manabu Muraji as Wrot
- Lorraine Ashbourne (role undisclosed)
- Yazdan Qafouri (role undisclosed)
- Benjamin Wainwright (role undisclosed)
- Michael Wildman (role undisclosed)
- Jude Akuwudike (role undisclosed)
- Bilal Hasna (role undisclosed)
- Janine Duvitski (role undisclosed)
The official synopsis for the movie:
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.
Source: Press Release, Warner Bros X (formerly Twitter)
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