Andy Serkis Says New “Lord of the Rings” Movie Will Use 'Older Techniques' and Legacy Crew Members — but Won't Be a Rehash

Andy Serkis says new “Lord of the Rings” movie will use 'older techniques' and legacy crew members — but won't be a rehash

"The Hunt for Gollum" will sit "between the world of the 'Hobbit' trilogy and the original trilogy," the filmmaker teases.Gollum in 'The Lord of the Rings'Credit: HBO MaxKey pointsAndy Serkis said that his new Lord of the Rings movie The Hunt for Gollum will use "older techniques" for special effects.The filmmaker said that "all the same people who worked on the original movies" are returning in the set department.Serkis said that the movie "sit…

Andy Serkis teases 'The Hunt for Gollum': 'It's not just a nostalgia film'

Andy Serkis isn't done with Middle-earth just yet.The upcoming prequel film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum sees Serkis pulling double duty — more so than he already does in the dual part of Gollum/Sméagol. On top of reprising that iconic role, he's also stepping into the director's chair, making him the only person aside from Peter Jackson to helm a live-action Lord of the Rings movie. SEE ALSO: Andy Serkis on 'Animal Farm,' George …

Andy Serkis: The Hunt for Gollum 'Absolutely Will Be Like' How They Made Lord of the Rings

It’s become cliché in modern pop culture discourse to lament they couldn’t make The Lord of the Rings today like they did at the turn of the century. When Peter Jackson came down from the proverbial Mountains of Moria, he and an army of craftspeople brought with them a set of movies that combined a century’s worth of classical filmmaking techniques with what now looks like the early pioneer days of digital effects. But the most intrepid of these…