It’s a bit of a tease.  First we see lots of live action clips from Peter Jackson’s one-of-a-kind film series.  Then the animation begins.  The trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim feels something like watching the original Star Trek animated series.  Everything sounds exactly right, thanks to Howard Shore’s sweeping theme music and the return of Miranda Otto as Eowyn–the narrator here–but the animation seems like it could be more.

Check it out for yourself.  Here’s the trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim:

It’s directed by Kenji Kamiyama, who did a great job on Blade Runner: Black Lotus.  The voice cast includes Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan, Gaia Wise as his daughter Héra, and Luke Pasqualino as Wulf, plus Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna, and Janine Duvitski.  WETA Workshop had some kind of participation in this production.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is in theaters only, coming in time for Christmas 2024.

C.J. Bunce / Editor / borg