"I can’t think about anybody else taking part in Aragorn" – As work on The Hunt for Gollum continues, the staff behind it has its fingers crossed that it will possibly persuade Viggo Mortensen to return

It appears like Warner Bros. is attempting to deliver again as a lot of the unique forged as it will possibly for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, as now they’re after Viggo Mortensen.

Again in September, it was reported that Warner Bros. was trying to get Ian McKellen to return to his traditional function of Gandalf for the upcoming The Hunt for Gollum. Whereas it isn’t develop into clear but if he is signed on or not (a script nonetheless is not utterly prepared but), McKellen is not the one traditional Lord of the Rings actor they’re hoping so as to add to the forged. Talking to The Playlist, Lord of the Rings author Philippa Boyens shared that The Hunt for Gollum is about to function fan favorite character Aragorn fairly prominently, and that herself alongside Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are actually hopping Viggo Mortensen will reprise his function as soon as extra. The large query now could be whether or not he’ll comply with it or not.

“Truthfully, that’s totally going to be as much as Viggo, collaboratively and we’re at a really early stage,” Boyens mentioned. “I’ve spoken to Viggo, Andy [Serkis] has spoken to him, Peter [Jackson] has spoken to him, we’ve all spoken to one another and actually, I can’t think about anybody else taking part in Aragorn, however will probably be utterly and completely as much as Viggo. I do know Andy desires to work with him, but in addition, we don’t see this as like, utilizing A.I. [technology], that is a few digital make-up, and whether or not Viggo does it or will totally is determined by how good the script is.”

Boyens famous that Mortensen does not even have a script but, and admitted they should see in the event that they write a adequate function for him first, and after that if the actor can “discover sufficient in it to see that it’s a efficiency he desires to tackle.” Don’t fret, although, as even when Mortensen does not tackle the function, they’d nonetheless need him to be closely concerned – “how can we hand this character off? However actually that call is a number of, a number of months away. He’s obtained to learn the script first.”

The movie is about to be not fairly a sequel or a prequel, operating parallel to the occasions of The Fellowship of the Ring, the story beginning after Bilbo’s celebration, however earlier than the Mines of Moria. It additionally will not be two movies, like beforehand reported, however one, with that different movie being a separate Lord of the Rings venture totally. Primarily, Lord of the Rings followers will likely be consuming good… in a number of years time.