It works on so many levels. It's massively allegorical for our present day,” the actor says about "War of the Rohirrim."

War of the Rohirrim was reportedly sped through production for Warner Bros. Discovery to keep the movie rights

The War of the Rohirrim” is the latest and most high-profile anime adaptation of a Western franchise to hit screens big and small.

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,

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 ).

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 appendixes to The Lord of the Rings books have been an invaluable source of knowledge about Middle-earth and are even the foundation for stories like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and,

The War of the Rohirrim is based on a short section of Tolkien's appendices, in which Héra is but an unnamed daughter. However, in fleshing her out, the film is able to add new depth to the story, all while making sure Héra is the kind of person Éowyn would actually be telling a story about.

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.