Orlando Bloom has mentioned he would “hate” to see one other actor play Legolas in The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum.
The upcoming movie was provisionally introduced in 2023, with Andy Serkis, who portrayed Gollum within the authentic Peter Jackson movie trilogy, returning to the function and likewise directing the movie.
In Could, Deadline reported that the movie could be launched into cinemas on December 17, 2027, following on within the mid-to-late December launch window that proved profitable for the Jackson trilogy from 2001 to 2003 and his subsequent Hobbit trilogy from 2012 to 2014.
Additional casting has not been confirmed, though Sir Ian McKellen mentioned final 12 months that he would take into account returning to the function of Gandalf for the movie if he’s “nonetheless alive” when it’s being made.
Now, Orlando Bloom, who performed Legolas within the authentic trilogy in addition to The Desolation Of Smaug (2013) and The Battle Of The 5 Armies (2014), has had his say on the way forward for his character.
Showing on the As we speak present, he mentioned he had “not heard a peep” about who could be taking part in Legolas in The Hunt For Gollum, including: “It’s such a tremendous half. I’m so grateful to have been part of these motion pictures. However I haven’t heard.”
“Pay attention, I’d hate to see anybody else play Legolas, you already know what I imply?” he added. “What are they going to do? Are they going to place someone else in as Legolas? With AI, they’ll do something lately!”
Viggo Mortensen has additionally weighed in on the opportunity of returning to the franchise to reprise his function of Aragorn. “I like taking part in that character. I discovered lots taking part in the character. I loved it lots. I’d solely do it if I used to be proper for it when it comes to, you already know, the age I’m now and so forth. It might be foolish to do it in any other case,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, the prequel TV sequence The Rings Of Energy will certainly return for a 3rd season, Amazon Prime Video confirmed earlier this 12 months. The second season ran from August to October 2024, with new episodes anticipated to begin capturing imminently.
