Warners Bros and New Line have announced a new movie based on the Lord of the Rings property which will be an anime move releasing in cinemas. It will be a standalone prequel telling the tale of Helm Hammerhand and of Helm's Deep. Kenji Kamiyama, an animator on Akira and director of Ghost in a Shell: Stand Alone Complex, will direct with the script written by the writers of Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Phillipa Boyens, co-writer of the Jackson trilogy, is also on board as a consultant.
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