At CinemaCon. Warner Bros. unveiled some members of the cast of its upcoming prequel, The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, with Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan taking on the role of a young Aragorn.
Dornan will be playing Strider, an alias used by Aragorn, A role previously played by Viggo Mortensen in the original Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt for Gollum marks the seventh live-action entry in the wider Lord of the Rings film franchise, and takes place between the events of the Hobbit prequel trilogy (2012-2014) and 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring. The film will see a young Aragorn on a quest to capture Gollum before he can reveal the Ring’s location to Sauron.
“The Hunt for Gollum,” directed by Andy Serkis, is set to release in theaters on Dec. 17, 2027. And in addition to helming the film, Andy Serkis stars as Gollum/Smeagol, Ian McKellen is back as Gandalf, Elijah Wood returns as Frodo Baggins and Lee Pace reprises his role as Thranduil.