Filming has officially started for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum which is aiming for a December 17, 2027 release date. The occasion was marked by video below with film's director Andy Serkis also prepping to reprise his role as Gollum.
Serkis also spoke with Variety after a day of filming and answered a few questions. One of the questions was the use of AI in the film where he said "“Not at present, other than some of the de-aging. There’s a little bit of de-aging for some of the characters and machine learning is part of the process. When you think about it, in the original “The Lord of the Rings” films, Peter created MASSIVE, which was a program which allowed 1000s of orcs to all have their own individual mindset. So that is a brilliant example of an incredible use of AI. But we’re not creating AI shots in our movie, every shot is created in a traditional way. One of the things actually that I really wanted to do with this film was to bring back all of the great filmmaking skills, from miniatures to prosthetics and marry them up, because that’s my taste. I like it when you mix up different filmmaking techniques."
He was asked who was being de-aged but he wouldn't provide an answer but safe to assume at least Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Elijah Wood (Frodo) considering the film expands on a period of time that occurred between two scenes in Fellowship of the Ring.
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