Travel again to Middle-earth 200 years earlier than the occasions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy within the action-packed first trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The anime movie is predicated on the main points within the appendices of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The War of the Rohirrim revolves round Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox), the King of Rohan earlier than his household turned the namesake for Helm’s Deep. Freca (Shaun Dooley), a Dunlending lord, proposes a wedding between his son, Wulf, (Luke Pasqualino) and Helm’s daughter, Héra (Gaia Wise), to strengthen Rohan. Insulted by the provide, Helm strikes Freca useless with one punch. Wulf guarantees revenge and finally leads a Dunlending military to Rohan. In want of a hero, Héra steps up and fights for the folks of Rohan.
When Wulf questions why he ought to be afraid of Héra, she says, “You should be,” earlier than battling the Dunlending lord within the trailer.
Miranda Otto reprises her function as Éowyn from the Lord of the Rings movies and narrates the brand new film. Additional voices within the ensemble embrace Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna, and Janine Duvitski.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the legendary anime director behind Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost within the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou penned The War of the Rohirrim, based mostly on an preliminary draft by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews.
Philippa Boyens, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, produces The War of the Rohirrim alongside Joseph Chou and Jason DeMarco. Peter Jackson, the Oscar-winning visionary of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is an govt producer of the anime movie.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim opens in theaters on December 13, 2024.