The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim movie storyline. The untold story behind Helm’s Deep, hundreds of years before the fateful war, telling the life and bloodsoaked times of its founder, Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan.
Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films. 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, Hera, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an animated fantasy film directed by Kenji Kamiyama from a screenplay by Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou, based on a story told in the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and New Line Cinema with animation production by Sola Entertainment. A prequel set 261 years before the events depicted in The Lord of the Rings, and around 200 years before the events of The Hobbit, it stars Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, a legendary King of Rohan. Also starring is Miranda Otto, reprising her role as Éowyn from the live-action The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Development of the film was being fast-tracked by June 2021, when it was officially announced at 20th anniversary celebrations of The Fellowship of the Ring, along with the involvement of Kamiyama, consultant Philippa Boyens (who co-wrote The Lord of the Rings film trilogy), and initial writers Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews. Animation work had begun by then, taking visual inspiration from the live-action films. Gittins and Papageorgiou were working on the script by February 2022.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2024, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama
Starring: Brian Cox, Miranda Otto, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Lorraine Ashbourne, Luke Pasqualino, Bilal Hasna,Janine Duvitski, Benjamin Wainwright, Gaia Wise, Jude Akuwudike, Yazdan Qafouri
Screenplay by: Jeffrey Addiss, Phoebe Gittins, Will Matthews
Production Design by: Carolyn Blackwood
Cinematography by: Iván Medina Hernández
Art Direction by: Malikah Almaghrabi
Music by: Stephen Gallagher
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: December 13, 2024
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