The War of the Rohirrim shows an anime-styled Middle-earth

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim has been in the works for about three years now, however with its launch date quick approaching we now have our first trailer. It is one of the extra uncommon and intriguing tasks underneath the Lord of the Rings franchise, an anime-style standalone film that covers occasions in the kingdom of Rohan some 200-ish years earlier than the War of the Ring.

The trailer begins with some iconic footage from the ’00s Lord of the Rings movies centered on Rohan earlier than diving into the animation. It is instantly apparent that this venture is related to Peter Jackson’s movies, as the designs for key areas like Edoras and Helm’s Deep clearly reference these earlier films regardless of the distinctly totally different model. As for characters, we’re launched to King Helm Hammerhand and his daughter Hera who, judging by the trailer, will doubtless be our foremost protagonist. It appears to be like like an try and marry her off goes south, angering the household of suitor Wulf — issues get decidedly extra tense after that, with a lot of motion and Oliphaunts and, naturally, some teases of ring-related occasions to come back.

The movie is directed by Kenji Kamiyama, who has been a author and director on varied anime together with Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Advanced and Eden of the East. He is additionally directed episodes of Star Wars: Visions and Ultraman. Most of the forged continues to be underneath wraps, however we all know Brian Cox is voicing King Hammerhand, whereas Gaia Sensible is voicing his daughter Hera. Miranda Otto can also be reprising her function from the Lord of the Rings movies as Eowyn, who will function the narrator for the story.

The film is about to be launched on December 13, and it is the first of a number of Lord of the Rings movies in improvement — Andy Serkis, maybe finest recognized for his efficiency as Gollum in Jackson’s Middle-earth movies, is directing a brand new movie tentatively entitled The Hunt for Gollum. Whereas that film is years away, followers can even catch Middle-earth on-screen in per week when season two of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy premieres.