‘LotR: The War of the Rohirrim’ – New Anime Tells the Tale of Helm Hammerhand’s Daughter
Middle-earth is returning to the big screen in a new animated movie. Check out the first The War of the Rohirrim trailer.
New Line (the studio behind Peter Jackson’s trilogy) is teaming up with Warner Bros. Animation to make an anime-style feature called The War of the Rohirrim. It adds a new chapted to The Lord of the Rings—an IP rich with epic stories and memorable characters.
It’s a stand-alone movie that takes characters from the appendices and will focus on Helm Hammerhand and the bloody history of Helm’s Deep. An attack by a ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance forces the Rohirrim into the fortress, thus beginning a long, costly war for survival that lasted most of the legendary king’s reign. This is a turning point story in the history of Middle Earth and based on the first trailer, they’re going to be filling in the story of one of Hammerhand’s children.
The War of Rohirrim Cast & Creative Team
Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell SAC, Ultraman) is directing with a screenplay from Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance). Philippa Boyens, who won an Oscar for her Return of the King screenplay, is consulting. It takes thematic and visual inspiration from the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Sola Entertainment is handling animation, and Tolkien illustrator John Howe is also involved in the project.
The voice cast includes some familiar names. Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, Miranda Otto (LoTR Trilogy) as Éowyn / Narrator, Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as Hammerhand’s daughter Hera, and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Dunlending lord Wulf. Plus, Shaun Dooley (The Witcher), Lorraine Ashbourne (Bridgerton), Yazdan Qafouri (I Came By), Benjamin Wainwright (One’s World on Fire), Laurence Ubong Williams (Gateway), Michael Wildman (Hobbs & Shaw), Jude Akuwudike (Beasts of No Nation), Bilal Hasna (Sparks), and Janine Duvitski (Benidorm).
The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. 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, Héra, 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 debuts in theaters this Christmas.
