The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Official Trailer

Peter Jackson presents a groundbreaking journey back to Middle-earth through the eyes of legendary director Kenji Kamiyama.
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New Line Cinema’s original anime feature “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” and “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” TV series), the talented voice cast is led by Brian Cox (“Succession”) as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise (“A Walk in the Woods”) as his daughter Héra; and Luke Pasqualino (“Snowpiercer”) as Wulf. Miranda Otto, who delivered an unforgettable, award-winning performance in “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, reprises her role as Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan, who serves as the tale’s narrator. The voice ensemble also includes Lorraine Ashbourne (Netflix’s “Bridgerton”), Yazdan Qafouri (“I Came By”), Benjamin Wainwright (“World on Fire”), Laurence Ubong Williams (“Gateway”), Shaun Dooley (“The Witcher”), Michael Wildman (“Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”), Jude Akuwudike (“Beasts of No Nation”), Bilal Hasna (“Sparks”) and Janine Duvitski (“Benidorm”).

Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg— a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.

With Kamiyama at the helm, the original feature is being produced by Oscar winner Philippa Boyens, from the screenwriting team behind “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” Trilogies, alongside Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou, who, in addition to their many separate animation projects, collaborated on the “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” series. The executive producers are Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Sam Register, Carolyn Blackwood and Toby Emmerich. The screenplay is by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou, story by Addiss & Matthews and Boyens, based on characters created by J.R.R. Tolkien. The team of creative collaborators returning from “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy also includes Oscar winners Alan Lee and Richard Taylor, along with esteemed Tolkien illustrator John Howe.

A New Line Cinema Presentation, a Warner Bros. Animation / Sola Entertainment Production, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” will be distributed theatrically worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, released in cinemas nationwide on December 13, 2024, and internationally beginning 11 December 2024.

[YuuichiKatagiri]

Never in my lifetime would I expect Lord of the Rings to get an anime adaptation.

[hakyera]

Oh and remember folks, for Elves it was like 20 days ago))

[EthelJung-jw]

"You could rule the world" is not a line Tolkien would have penned, unless it was one of Melkor's or Sauron's followers saying it to them.

[marthvader]

Don‘t start a fistfight with Helm HAMMERHAND

[argiedude]

"He's dead"

Well duh, it's king Helm Hammerhand, not Helm Softknuckles

[ModelMicky]

The only thing I’m worried about is people trying to produce more and more middle earth spin off series and having it turn out like Star Wars

[BirdsFlyinHigh]

It's always a good sign when they start their movie trailer with clips from another movie.

[korliyon]

"But 200 years before that, there was an older tale."
Yup, that's how time works.

[Naminskia]

This is New Line Cinema's first animated movie since The Swan Princess (1994).

[riderofthemark]

Respect the lore written by Tolkien, that's the only thing we ask.

[RUSG]

Gandalf said it best: "It's as I feared".

[jogleby]

There is a reason they call him Helm Hammerhand.

[simonf]

My guy was cooked the second he started a FIST FIGHT with THE Helm Hammerhand

[ModelMicky]

me watching the trailers
"omfg why do they have to put mumakil in this instead of having just the Dunland man against the Rohirrim?! Lemme see how this went down in canon"
opens Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: The House of Eorl
"Led by Wulf, the Dunlendings allied with the Easterlings, the Haradrim and the Corsairs of Umbar"
"oh welp TIL"

[slothomatic]

Remember the war elephants? Remember?
Remember the watcher in the water? Remember?
Remember the eagles? Remember?
Remember the horn of gondor? Remember?

[Pokemonashgreen]

They got a good anime director involved. Most of you well known him for doing the Ghost in the Shell tv series, the Blade runner anime and a episode of Star Wars visions.

[hopefullynotbutprobably]

Did you really need to have footage from the Jackson films to remind us, YES THIS IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS UNIVERSE

[Hendulki]

So you make a anime with THE HELM HAMMERHAND and sideline him for his daughter that wasnt even named in the books? AND YOU COULDNT EVEN GIVE HER A ROHIRRIM NAME? fantastic

[isaacnikolic]

This isn't Tolkien. This is a generic fantasy.

[benwasserman]

Given how Lord of the Rings was first adapted in animated form, this is just Tolkien's story coming full circle.