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Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, the creators behind Netflix’s Emmy-winning 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance' series, are writing 'The War of the Rohirrim,' which is being directed by Kenji Kamiyama.
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00:00You have my sword.
00:02And you have my bow.
00:03And my axe.
00:05This task was appointed to you.
00:07And if you do not find a way, no one will.
00:11Two decades after the release of the first Lord of the Rings film,
00:14an original anime is being set in the fantasy world of author J.R.R. Tolkien.
00:19New Line, who made the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy,
00:21has partnered with Warner Bros. Animation to produce an anime titled
00:25The Lord of the Rings, The War of the Rohirrim.
00:27The plan is to release the movie theatrically.
00:30The project ties to the original trilogy,
00:32specifically the second installment, The Two Towers.
00:35It focuses on an untold story behind Helm's Deep,
00:37the fortress at the center of the movie's epic battle.
00:40The story will be set hundreds of years before that fateful war.
00:43Your friends are with you, Atacor.
00:46Let's hope they last the night.
00:53The initial Lord of the Rings trilogy grossed $2.9 billion upon initial release.
01:00And won 17 Oscars, on top of 13 other Oscar nominations.
01:04Its success continued in many DVD and Blu-ray editions and pop culture dominance.
01:09For more on this story and the latest news, go to THR.com.
01:12For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:15We'll have a tour.
01:16I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:20The last...
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