Huge Lord of the Rings star has ‘absolutely no desire’ to return for new film

One of Lord of the Rings’ biggest stars has unopen down a comeback for the franchise’s caller film to beryllium released successful 2026.

Twenty years aft the acclaimed movies ended, Peter Jackson is returning arsenic a shaper with a prequel focussed connected Andy Serkis’ quality Gollum.

But portion Andy has confirmed helium volition reprise the relation – and beryllium the film’s director- his erstwhile co-star Hugo Weaving is not connected the aforesaid page.

The Slow Horses actor, who played Elrond successful the archetypal films, said helium had ‘absolutely nary desire’ to beryllium a portion of Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.

When asked by GamesRadar+ astir a imaginable return, Hugo, 64, replied: ‘Personally, I’ve had capable of that. It was large being successful New Zealand connected and disconnected implicit a ten-year period.

‘I did past spell backmost and enactment with the aforesaid squad [director Peter Jackson and writer Fran Walsh] connected a task called Mortal Engines which was going to beryllium their adjacent large franchise, but it died connected its arse.

‘So, I’ve had capable of Middle-earth I don’t ideate anyone would inquire maine to bash it again.’

Hugo besides said helium would not beryllium the close histrion to represent Elrond present due to the fact that the quality is an ‘immortal being’ portion helium had aged.

He explained: ‘Elrond is meant to beryllium immortal and I’m aging. Elrond is 1 of the fewer characters, I deliberation there’s lone 3 oregon 4 of them, who spans done The Silmarillion, Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit.

‘But adjacent erstwhile we went backmost to reshoot definite parts of Lord of the Rings, I was alert I was older than I was before. And shooting worldly connected The Hobbit was starting to get somewhat silly.

‘I loved being a portion of that franchise but I person perfectly nary plans oregon desires to beryllium a portion of it anymore.’

Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn successful Lord of the Rings, besides shared his reluctance to instrumentality to the franchise – unless it was ‘right’ for the character.

When asked if helium would see returning, Viggo told GQ: ‘I don’t cognize precisely what the communicative is, I haven’t heard. Maybe I’ll perceive astir it eventually.’

He continued:  ‘I similar playing that character. I learned a batch playing the character. I enjoyed it a lot. I would lone bash it if I was close for it successful presumption of, you know, the property I americium present and truthful forth. I would lone bash it if I was close for the character. It would beryllium silly to bash it otherwise.’

Details of Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum are being kept nether wraps but Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav said the movie would ‘explore storylines yet to beryllium told’.

It is besides not the lone movie Warner Bros aims to make arsenic portion of the ever-expanding Lord of the Rings cinematic world.

In February the institution confirmed it had plans for ‘multiple films’.

‘With Andy coming aboard to direct Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, we proceed an important committedness to excellence that is simply a existent hallmark of however we each privation to task up and further lend to the Lord of the Rings cinematic history,’ workplace leaders Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy added.

Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is presently acceptable to travel retired successful 2026.

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