One of the most ambitious projects of The Lord of the Rings that is coming in the next few years is The War of the Rohirrim, an anime film that bases its story on the legend of King Helm Hammerhand. This film will be produced by Warner Bros. The War of the Rohirrim will feature the return of an actress from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy; This is Miranda Otto, who will play our beloved Lady of Rohan Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Miranda Otto, will play Eowyn again, although now it will be as a voiceover, narrating the events of The War of the Rohirrim, which takes place 100 years before The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring .

The rest of the revealed cast is as follows: Brian Cox will be Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan and protagonist of the film, Gaia Wise will play Hera, daughter of the king, and Luke Pasqualino will play Wulf, a character we still don’t know anything about. The War of the Rohirrim will be released in theaters worldwide on April 12, 2024.

On the other hand, at the beginning of 2022, it was announced that the Saul Zaentz Company, current owners of the rights to the saga, would put up for sale the general exploitation license for all of Tolkien‘s works. With this, companies would no longer have to negotiate with the Saul Zaentz Company or Tolkien‘s heirs to develop Lord of the Rings content .

As far as is known, the initial offer for said rights to The Lord of the Rings is 2 billion dollars, although this can increase if there are many interested parties. At the moment, Warner Bros., Amazon, Apple, and Netflix are the main companies interested in the brand. It should be mentioned that the sale of these rights would not take away the ownership of The Lord of the Rings from the Tolkien family, who will receive royalties for each related project, in addition to having control of the book edition.