Elijah Wood says more Lord of the Rings films are being considered after The Hunt for Gollum

Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings — (Image credit: Warner Bros)

Frodo actor Elijah Wood has revealed that there might be more movies in the Lord of the Rings universe after The Hunt for Gollum.

The new movie will be set before the main action of The Fellowship of the Ring and, if the film follows J.R.R. Tolkien's source material, it will revolve around Gandalf and Aragorn's attempts to track down Gollum after Bilbo handed the One Ring over to Frodo. At the moment, it's unclear whether Wood will return, though Gandalf actor Ian McKellen has teased that Gandalf and Frodo will be in the movie.

"I can neither confirm nor deny. Listen, a wizard is to be trusted," Wood said at a Fan Expo New Orleans panel moderated by ScreenRant of his potential involvement. "Aside from any of that, I'm not really allowed to confirm. I'm really excited about the film. I think it really is a creative 'getting the band back together.' A lot of the creative heads of department are back and in that space again. Philippa [Boyens] I think, is co-writing it and producing it. It's very much that core original group getting back together to tell this story that will feel like a really fun exploration of this character that we all love so much. And I'm just really excited.

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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