But where Jackson’s films opted to give him a “human” appearance, these other adaptations made him more reptilian.Įdge’s cover story also revealed a few other characters that will show up in the game, which takes place in between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. Additionally, Vivendi Universal released its own Hobbit video game in 2003 that featured its own interpretation of Gollum. He also showed up in Ralph Bakshi’s animated The Lord of the Rings film in 1978. Gollum made his earliest onscreen appearance in 1977 in Rankin/Bass’ animated take on The Hobbit. However, the character has been tackled in other forms of media over the last several decades. Serkis’ performance as Gollum in Jackson’s films remains iconic to this day. And at some points, trust me, you will fear him.” RELATED: Lord of the Rings’ Gollum Will Get His Own Video Game We need somebody you could almost love, and on the other hand somebody you can really be afraid of.

We have more storytelling possibilities than the movies ever had, and for us, it was very important to show a different set of emotions. You can see that this was once something like a human being, before the Ring corrupted him. We started with the person he was and then evolved him.

“But in short, he doesn’t look like Andy Serkis. “We don’t want to displease the folks who have only seen the movies,” said Fiebig. According to senior producer Kai Fiebig (via ScreenRant), their version of Gollum won’t even be based on Serkis’ likeness. Unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like this will be the case. When The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was first announced, many fans immediately wondered if Andy Serkis would reprise his iconic role from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies.

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