Andy Serkis unveils first 20 minutes of The Lord of The Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime at Annecy Festival

At the Annecy Animation Festival, Andy Serkis led a panel showcasing the first 20 minutes of the highly anticipated theatrical anime film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim comes as a collection of conflicting tales in which the First Age and the Rohirrim people’s war is exposed. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “You are the first people to see this, and boy, it’s an extraordinary piece of work.” The audience received the preview warmly, prompting Serkis to channel his iconic Gollum character from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, humorously adding, “There is only one word to describe a movie with Lord of the Rings and anime at the same time, and that is precious.” Kenji Kamiyama and team unveil behind-the-scenes of The War of the Rohirrim at Annecy The panel featured key figures from the project, including director Kamiyama, producers Philippa Boyens and Joseph Chou, and Warner Bros. executive Jason DeMarco. And that’s a difficult, difficult task that requires a lot of delicate balancing between two types of filmmaking that haven’t really collided like this before.” “There are certain things I don't think we could have necessarily done — or they would have made it extremely expensive — elements to the storytelling that you could do in anime in a way that was kind of breathtaking, actually,” a producer of the film, Philippa Boyens told People. Serkis quipped, “Don’t they all — at least.” Serkis also teased his upcoming project, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, where he will both star and direct, with Jackson also executive producing.