The first new “Lord of the Rings” film, “The Hunt for Gollum,” will be released by Warner Bros. in 2026. Peter Jackson to producer, while Andy to direct.

The character of Gollum, who will be portrayed by Andy Serkis, will serve as the main character in the first film of the next “The Lord of the Rings” film series, which is expected to be released by Warner Bros. in the year 2026.

Peter Jackson, the original director of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, along with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, are producing the project, according to David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, who stated on Thursday during an earnings conference that Jackson, along with his colleagues Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, “will be involved every step of the way.”

Zaslav said that the project will “explore storylines yet to be told,” and that it is now in the beginning stages of the process of creating a script. In addition to Walsh and Boyens, Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou are also contributing writers to the project that is now being worked on.

In The Hunt for Gollum, the character of Gollum, who will be played by Andy Serkis, will serve as the major character in the first film of the future “The Lord of the Rings” film series, which is anticipated to be produced by Warner Bros. in the year 2026. The film will be released in the United States.

According to David Zaslav, the Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros., the film is being produced by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, in addition to Peter Jackson, who was the original director of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

During an earnings conference that took place on Thursday, Discovery made the announcement that Jackson, along with his colleagues Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, “will be involved every step of the way.”

According to Zaslav, the “The Hunt for Gollum” will explore storylines yet to be told, and it is now in the initial phases of the process of writing a screenplay.

Zaslav also said that the project would be a rewrite. Walsh and Boyens are not the only authors who are contributing to the project that is now being worked on; Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou are also participants in the writing process.

The film will be directed by Serkis, who will also portray the well-known figure of Gollum, according to a press statement released by Warner Bros. The working title for the film is “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum,” and the announcement also said that Serkis would provide the direction.

In the latter hours of Thursday morning, the notice was distributed. The The Hunt for Gollum will be executive produced by Ken Kamins, Serkis, and Jonathan Cavendish, who is a member of The Imaginarium. Ken Kamins will also be responsible for the production of the movie.

In February of 2023, Warner Bros. made the first statement that Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, who had recently been hired as the executives of the firm, had successfully secured an arrangement to develop “multiple” films based on the well-known J.R.R. Tolkien characters.

This was the first time any of these individuals had made such a declaration. The projects will be developed by New Line Cinema, which is a division of Warner Bros., which is the producer of the films.

During the course of a commercial partnership known as Middle-earth Enterprises, Freemode, which is a division of Embracer Group, negotiated the arrangement to obtain the rights to adapt works such as “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit.” Middle-earth Enterprises is a business collaboration.