The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a fascinating experiment in adaptation. It's not adapting a novel of J.R.R. Tolkien's, but rather two pages from his Appendices, which lay out the last great stand of one of Rohan's most famed kings, Helm Hammerhand (voiced by Succession 's Brian Cox ).

Well, the beloved Wizard Gandalf doesn’t exactly show up in The War of the Rohirrim but don’t count him out just yet. The movie helmed by anime maestro

The Lord of the Rings, with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on Prime Video earlier this year and, now, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim hitting the big screen. Every chance of being back in Middle-earth is a gift,

But for one brief moment, the film shifts from its solely human focus to a broader look at what's going on in the rest of Middle-earth — specifically, Mordor. Mordor's influence creeps into The War of the Rohirrim during the film's prolonged siege sequence,

The War of the Rohirrim proved me wrong. The new animated movie, directed by Kenji Kamiyama ( Blade Runner: Black Lotus ), raises the scare factor on the classic monsters by lowering the stakes. The first glimpse of an oliphaunt we get in Jackson’s Lord of the Rings is a brief glimpse in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

The War of the Rohirrim. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is full of J.R.R. Tolkien Easter eggs. The movie, released in December 2024, is based on "The House of Eorl," a short story in Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings.

Those two groups are Sauron's allies in the War of the Ring, helping to take Osgiliath from Faramir's ( David Wenham) forces in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and fighting at the Battle of Pelennor Fields in Return of the King.

The War of the Rohirrim takes place about 250 years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, during the reign of Helm Hammerhand, king of Rohan. Or, to give you another kind of perspective on things: Helm’s Deep, the massive mountain fortress where the climax of Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers takes place? That’s named after Helm.

Director Kenji Kamiyama and executive producer Peter Jackson make sure this latest installment in the Tolkien universe looks great but it feels unnecessary

The War of the Rohirrim is The Lord of the Rings’ first step into the world of anime, and several movies could follow in its footsteps.

The War of the Rohirrim Director Kenji Kamiyama Studio Warner Bros. Animation, Sola Digital Arts Release Date 12/13/2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was always bound to face an uphill battle,