The Hunt for Gollum

[Autumnal]

My absolute favorite Serkis picture is an obscure UK slasher film called The Cottage. Serkis and Shearsmith absolutely elevate what would otherwise be little more than a bad, C-tier, horror movie to an absolutely enjoyable black comedy worth repeated viewings.

I also really like his performance as the psychopathic sergeant in the WW1 horror movie Deathwatch. He brings some great notes of black comedy before the whole thing goes all the way dark, and is genuinely terrifying as he comes completely unhinged.

 

[Umbran]

Serkis can act, sure.
But that doesn't mean the film will have anything like a good story to tell. :/

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

We need a a digitally resurrected Sean Connery to play Gollum. "My preshush."

The day is coming when "the next James Bond" will be an unholy AI merger of all of them.

 

[Umbran]

The day is coming when "the next James Bond" will be an unholy AI merger of all of them.

"Alright! Who slipped 'Get Smart' into the training data set!?!?!"

 

[Kobold Stew]

The fact that Serkis hasn't been nominated for an Oscar yet is a big oversight. Had War for the POTA been better, he might have gotten a nod for it. Maybe this is his chance?

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Maybe we will finally get that Tom Bombadil movie that some folks claim they want to see. They can get the Minions folks to make it.

If we ever see Lord of the Rings as a TV series, my hope is that it includes Tom Bombadil & Goldberry, the Barrow-wights, and poor Glorfindel who always gets excluded. Not to mention the Scouring of the Shire.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If we ever see Lord of the Rings as a TV series, my hope is that it includes Tom Bombadil & Goldberry, the Barrow-wights, and poor Glorfindel who always gets excluded. Not to mention the Scouring of the Shire.

Somewhere, David Zaslav's ears just perked up.

 

[Morrus]

So I assume they're recasting Aragorn? And... Gandalf?

I dunno. I thought Gollum was very well done in the LotR films, but he wasn't in the top list of things I enjoyed most about those movies.

 

[MarkB]

So I assume they're recasting Aragorn? And... Gandalf?

I dunno. I thought Gollum was very well done in the LotR films, but he wasn't in the top list of things I enjoyed most about those movies.

And how much more characterisation can they stuff in there, and still be consistent with the Gollums we see in The Hobbit and LotR? His journey doesn't exactly scream "transformative character arc".

 

[Muso]

I am totally scared