""The Lord of the Rings has got these big appendices at the end," he explained, "and part of The Hunt for Gollum is described in that. Gollum's childhood and how he became what he was. He is trying to get to the Shire, and the Rangers are tracking him down. He ends up being captured and taken to Mordor - it's all in the appendices.""
""I honestly, truly believe that if it's a film about Gollum's addiction and internal struggles, Andy would make a much more interesting film than me.""
"The Hunt for Gollum will reframe the franchise around Gollum, just as Joker did for the Joker. Warner Bros. Pictures Serkis' version of Gollum will also take a major page from a recent comic book adaptation: Todd Phillips' Joker. Jackson and his partner, screenwriter Fran Walsh, looked to the villain prequel - and "the way that explored the Joker's psychology while it was telling a story" - as Gollum's North Star."
The Hunt for Gollum is planned as a set between Peter Jackson’s Hobbit prequels and his Lord of the Rings trilogy. The film faces limited source material beyond Tolkien’s appendices and glossaries, so it draws on details about Gollum’s childhood, his attempt to reach the Shire, Ranger pursuit, his capture, and his eventual transfer to Mordor. Peter Jackson returns as a producer and believes Andy Serkis can make the story more compelling by focusing on Gollum’s addiction and internal struggles. The project aims to reframe the franchise around Gollum, drawing inspiration from Todd Phillips’ Joker by emphasizing psychology while telling a narrative.
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