Bernard Hill, 'Titanic' & 'Lord of the Rings' Actor, Dies at 79

Even after Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 arrives, there will be more of Middle Earth to explore, particularly through the lens of Gollum’s perspective. Deadline unpacked where the franchise is heading with longtime collaborators Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to make more films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy work and the world founded on Peter Jackson’s original New Line trilogy of films, with one corresponding to each books.

EXCLUSIVE: Since Warner Bros acquired the rights to make more Middle-earth films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s works and the canon established by New Line’s original trilogy, Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings cohorts Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens hovered over the proceedings for a long time, as they mulled how to return, and much to involve themselves into another deep dive into Tolkien mythology.

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The trailer for season two of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has debuted online, and it’s promising a lot in store for viewers of the Prime Video series.

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power has arrived – check it out below.Prime Video announced today (May 14) that the new season of the show will arrive on August 29 and revealed that Charlie Vickers would return in the role of Sauron, described as “one of the world’s greatest literary villains”, and “appearing in a new form – one that will aid him in deceiving the denizens of Middle-earth.”The trailer also reveals the return of many fan favourite characters, including Galadriel, Elrond, Prince Durin IV, Arondir, and Celebrimbor and the first-look trailer also reveals the much-anticipated creation of more Rings.A synopsis of the new season explains:” In Season Two of The Rings of Power, Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will.“Building on Season One’s epic scope and ambition, the new season plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity.

A lot of hype surrounded the debut of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on Prime Video. The series is reportedly the most expensive in history (when you include the cost of the rights and all that), and it’s a new story set in the world of Tolkien’s classic fantasy series.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which premieres on Aug. 29. Amazon unveiled the trailer and the premiere date in New York City on Tuesday as part of its upfront presentation to advertisers.

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Warner Bros. is set to release a new Lord Of The Rings film in 2026, featuring help from Peter Jackson.The news of the upcoming film arrived earlier today (May 9), during a conference call about Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has announced that the next “Lord of The Rings” movie is aiming for a theatrical release in 2026 and will have the creative involvement of filmmaker Peter Jackson, who co-wrote and directed all six Middle-Earth feature films based on the beloved high-fantasy novels of Professor J.R.R.

A new Lord of the Rings movie is coming in 2026, and we have details including a title!

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. will release the first of its new batch of “The Lord of the Rings” films in 2026, which will focus on Andy Serkis’s Gollum. Original “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy filmmaker Peter Jackson and his partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are producing the movie and “will be involved every step of the way” on the movie, Warner Bros.

UPDATED with name of film, details: The first of two new films — working title Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum — will be directed by and star Andy Serkis (Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle), with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens set to write the screenplay, along with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou (Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim). The film will be executive produced by Ken Kamins, with Serkis and The Imaginarium’s Jonathan Cavendish.

Johnny Marr has announced a “mega” North American tour with James later this year – see the full list of tour dates below.Yesterday (May 7), Marr took to social media to announce the North American tour dates for his ‘Spirit Power’ shows with James, which will take place between September and October.The 20-date trek will see Marr and James play shows in Denver, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Montreal, Chicago and more. Pre-sale tickets to the shows go live today (May 8) at 10am local time, while general tickets to the tour will go on sale at 10am local time this Friday, May 10.

Lord of the Rings cast members Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Astin, who played four Hobbits in the trilogy, are remembering Bernard Hill, who died suddenly Sunday morning at the age of 79.

Tributes have flooded in from fans and colleagues across film and television for Manchester-born actor Bernard Hill, who has died aged 79. He was best known for his roles in Oscar-winning films Titanic and Lord of the Rings, with fans describing his loss as like ‘losing a friend’.

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Lord Of The Rings and Titanic, has died at the age of 79.The news was confirmed by his agent Lou Coulson to the BBC, who said that he had passed away early on Sunday morning (May 5). No cause of death has been given.Hill played Captain Edward Smith in James Cameron’s 1997 Oscar-winning epic, and Théoden, King of Rohan, in the second and third instalment of Peter Jackson’s Tolkien trilogy in 2002 and 2003.He had risen to prominence in Alan Bleasdale’s critically acclaimed 1982 miniseries Boys From The Blackstuff, where he portrayed Yosser Hughes, a man struggling through the unemployment crisis in Liverpool in the ‘80s.Born on December 17, 1944 in Manchester, Hill had a long career in television and film, including roles in I, Claudius, Gandhi, Wolf Hall and Valkyrie.He is also due to appear in the second season of the BBC police drama The Responder, the opening episode of which airs on BBC One tonight, just hours after the announcement of his death.In the show, he plays Tom, the father of Martin Freeman’s character Chris Carson.