The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum Adds Anya Taylor-Joy to Its Cast

Furiosa and The Queen's Gambit prima Anya Taylor-Joy has joined the formed of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum arsenic an elf named Seren.

Warner Bros. announced the quality today, confirming she'll play a caller quality successful the upcoming prequel. A property merchandise for the movie describes Seren arsenic "a Sindar Elf of the Woodland Realm" and "a trusted and lethal cause of King Thranduil (Lee Pace)."

Taylor-Joy joins an already stacked formed of actors that includes some Middle-earth newcomers and veterans. You tin spot a The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum teaser video for Seren below.

Taylor-Joy has spent the past fewer years playing parts successful immoderate of the biggest franchises movie has to offer. Since her breakout relation successful Robert Eggers' The Witch, she's gone connected to beryllium featured arsenic Princess Peach successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie and its Mario Galaxy sequel, Furiosa successful Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and she's acceptable to amusement up successful Dune: Part 3 pursuing a tiny relation successful Part 2. She besides appeared successful X-Men spin-off The New Mutants successful 2020, and was featured arsenic Gina Gray successful Peaky Blinders.

There's nary denying that it's different large get for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, which is already swimming successful large names. Andy Serkis, who is besides directing the film, volition reprise his relation arsenic Smeagol/Gollum, with Ian McKellen backmost arsenic Gandalf and Elijah Wood returning arsenic Frodo Baggins. Jamie Dornan volition instrumentality implicit for Viggo Mortensen arsenic a younger Strider, with Kate Winslet connected committee arsenic Marigol, and Pace arsenic Thranduil.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum was announced successful 2024 arsenic a prequel that's acceptable to research events that instrumentality spot betwixt The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. Its screenplay is written by Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, arsenic good arsenic Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. Walsh and Boyens are besides producing, arsenic are Zane Weiner, Ken Kamins, Jonathan Cavendish, and Serkis. Original Lord of the Rings trilogy manager Peter Jackson is besides producing.

Anya Taylor-Joy. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum volition bring Taylor-Joy to Middle-earth arsenic Seren erstwhile the movie premieres December 17, 2027. For much portion we hold for updates, you tin work astir wherefore Jackson compared the prequel movie to Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.

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