{"id":332711,"date":"2026-01-21T00:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lord-of-the-rings-star-andy-serkis-wants-original-cast-back-for-new-movie"},"modified":"2026-01-21T03:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:11:40","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-star-andy-serkis-wants-original-cast-back-for-new-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/lord-of-the-rings-star-andy-serkis-wants-original-cast-back-for-new-movie","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Lord of the Rings&#8217; Star Andy Serkis Desires Unique Solid Again For New Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8216;LOTR&#8217; Star Andy Serkis<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">OG Cast Is Precious, Love &#8216;Em For New Flick<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published<br \/>\n               January 20, 2026<br \/>\n              5:54 PM PST\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-5aa414150fb5a62023c98fa8c72e6122\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-06551942-fd85-42a6-b027-81351be734d6-857614111-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-06551942-fd85-42a6-b027-81351be734d6-857614111-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Andy Serkis\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fb\/16by9\/2026\/01\/20\/fb6e163b1d5d44b2b269c1a97d670a91_md.jpg\" alt=\"andy-serkis-kal-01-20-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5aa414150fb5a62023c98fa8c72e6122--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5c8f0431b0d04a407ed3b5d1e3420c57\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Andy Serkis<\/strong> is dropping hints about the cast for a new movie in &#8216;The Lord of the Rings&#8217; franchise &#8230; and it sounds like he went to bat to get the band back together.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5c8f0431b0d04a407ed3b5d1e3420c57--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-68f0b524cfc9d97e3bcdaedf717bfdea\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We got the guy who plays Gollum in the &#8216;LOTR&#8217; trilogy at LAX on Tuesday and asked about the new movie he&#8217;s directing and starring in, &#8220;The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-68f0b524cfc9d97e3bcdaedf717bfdea--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3861a6591608005255a5402078a79ff4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Andy&#8217;s reprising his role as Gollum and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ian-mckellen\/\"><strong>Ian McKellen<\/strong><\/a> is returning as Gandalf, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elijah-wood\/\"><strong>Elijah Wood<\/strong><\/a> expected back as Frodo Baggins &#8230; and while Andy didn&#8217;t want to give too much away as far as cast, he did go on the record saying he &#8220;loved&#8221; the OG cast, which also featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/viggo-mortensen\/\"><strong>Viggo Mortensen<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/orlando-bloom\/\"><strong>Orlando Bloom<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3861a6591608005255a5402078a79ff4--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1879b6a5aa0eda1bc10a750ebf51b430\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1879b6a5aa0eda1bc10a750ebf51b430--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-98220e4ab4c55de9900e35eca16c59df\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Gotta respect Andy for playing it close to the vest here, but watch the clip and you can read between the lines for yourself.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-98220e4ab4c55de9900e35eca16c59df--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-721cc82415dad167c9d7308656299246\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8216;LOTR&#8217; 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