'The Hunt for Gollum': First Set Footage Shows Andy Serkis Back as Gollum, Now Directing
Andy Serkis returns to Middle-earth as both Gollum and director. Watch the first set footage from 'The Hunt for Gollum' and meet the full cast.
'The Hunt for Gollum': First Set Footage Shows Andy Serkis Back as Gollum, Now Directing
Middle-earth is officially back in production. Warner Bros. has released the first behind-the-scenes footage from The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum , and it centers on the one person fans have been waiting to see: Andy Serkis, back in a motion-capture suit as Gollum for the first time in over a decade — this time also sitting in the director's chair. Watch the First Set Footage What the Footage Shows The brief clip, filmed on day one of principal photography in New Zealand, follows Serkis walking onto set already suited up for motion capture. He flips through the script and checks in with a crew member on where to begin, then drops into Gollum's signature crouch, hunches his shoulders, and twists into the character's familiar snarl before calling "action" himself. The footage closes on a sweeping drone shot of the New Zealand mountains where the original trilogy was filmed, signaling the production is back on its home turf, as first reported by Deadline . A Ho…
