The first eight minutes of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim have been released.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a new animated fantasy movie releasing in United States theaters later this month. Set before the events of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the voice cast of the film includes Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, Gaia Wise as Héra, Luke Pasqualino as Wulf, Miranda Otto, as Éowyn, and more.
IGN has shared the first eight minutes of The War of the Rohirrim, which can be viewed below (watch more trailers and clips):
What is The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim about?
“Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan,” the official synopsis reads. “A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg— a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.”
The voice cast further includes Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna, and Janine Duvitski.
Kenji Kamiyama directs the movie, while Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins, and Arty Papageorgiou wrote the screenplay, based on a story by Addiss, Matthews, and Philippa Boyens.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be released in United States theaters on December 13, 2024, from Warner Bros. Pictures.
