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Tolkien’s famous fantasy tale is being adapted into an anime film. From a first look at the trailer, to the return of an original cast member, here’s what we know so far. Middle-earth is getting the animated treatment, and audiences are getting more back story from Tolkien’s complicated world thanks to the new prequel.
An anime original, the upcoming Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim is set 183 years before Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are involved as executive producers, and Kiwi Philippa Boyens - who wrote the screenplay for the original Lord of The Rings trilogy and The Hobbit - is producing, alongside Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou..
