The new anime film covers a new essential part of Middle-earth history. In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , arguably the most epic battle of the entire trilogy happens in the land of Rohan. During the battle of Helm’s Deep, the heroes of Middle-earth won their first major victory of the War of the Ring, fighting against the Orcs and the Dunlendings.
But the origin of the “Helm” in Helm’s Deep and the machinations of the Dunlendings will be fully explored in a new anime feature film produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Kenji Kamiyama. The movie is The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim , which, unlike Rings of Power , is a prequel that takes place much closer to the actual timeframe of The Lord of the Rings . And, with this prequel anime film, it seems that we’re meant to interpret it as directly connected to the canon of the famous film trilogy.
The trailer for The War of the Rohirrim gives us the basic set-up for the story. We’re 200 years before The War of the Ring, so the Riders of Rohan as we know them aren’t quite solidified. But there is Helm Hammerhand (voiced by Brian Cox), who, in Tolkien lore, is someone with basically superpower fists.
Helm’s Deep is still known as “Hornburg” at this point in the timeline, and voiceover narration from Miranda Otto — reprising her role from The Two Towers and The Return of the King as Éowyn — will basically tell the tale of how Helm’s Deep became what it is. Although this prequel is se.