Deadline is reporting that Kate Winslet has signed on to be the female lead in the movie. No other details about the role were provided. The filming is expected to take place from May to October with actress and her family enjoying New Zealand for the duration. She will join confirmed cast members Elijah Woods (Frodo), Ian McKellen (Gandalf), and Hunt for Gollum director Andy Serkis (Gollum).
The film is produced by Peter Jackson who gave Winslet her big break with his movie Heavenly Creatures in 1994. Lord of the Rings writers Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh also co-write the script with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou.
The story bridges the gap early in The Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf confronted Bilbo about the ring and gave it to Frodo before leaving to perform research and his return when he was convinced it was the One Ring and needed Frodo to help him verify in the fire. Movie wise, that gap was about five minutes but book wise it was nearly 20 years. I am sure the movie do the same tricks the trilogy did for the passage of time but shows there is a lot of story they can tell, very little of which of which is in any of Middle-Earth books.
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