{"id":1936630,"date":"2026-05-15T09:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1936630"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:39:29","slug":"peter-jackson-compares-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-to-joaquin-phoenixs-joker-you-have-to-get-inside-his-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1936630","title":{"rendered":"Peter Jackson Compares The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s Joker: &#8216;You Have to Get Inside His Head&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-2870106660 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-28683165 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Peter Jackson has compared <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum\">The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum<\/a> to Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/joker\">Joker<\/a>, saying the movie will \u201cget inside\u201d the character\u2019s head and tell the story from an internal perspective.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Hunt for Gollum, directed by Gollum actor Andy Serkis, acts as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, and sees Aragorn, tasked by Gandalf, tracking Gollum for years to prevent Sauron from learning about the One Ring.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/features\/interviews\/peter-jackson-hunt-for-gollum-tintin-sequel-cannes-1235193924\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IndieWire<\/a>, Jackson said inspiration came from 2019\u2019s Joker, which focuses on Arthur Fleck transforming from a neglected, mentally ill man into a violent, carefree agent of chaos who rejects all societal, moral, and political structures \u2014 and sparks a violent countercultural revolution in the process.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Many Origin Stories of the Joker<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joker prefers his past to be multiple choice, so catch up on the many different versions of his origin story.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Though he debuted in 1940's Batman #1, it would be many years before DC attempted to establish some sort of origin story for the villain. Detective Comics #168 revealed that the Joker started out as a small-time thief named the Red Hood. After robbing a playing card company and escaping by swimming through a polluted river, Red Hood found that his face and hair had become bleached. Thus, the Joker was born. \" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 26 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1986's Batman: The Killing Joke built on the basic framework of the Red Hood origin story but added tragic new layers. This story suggests that Joker was once a chemical plant worker who quit his job to become a stand-up comic. When that failed, he agreed to help a gang of criminals rob his old employer. But after being chased by Batman, this failed comedian fell into a vat of chemicals. Combined with the trauma of losing his wife and unborn child in a freak bottle warmer accident, all the ingredients for a sadistic, killer clown were in place. However, The Killing Joke also suggests that Joker's own recollection of his past may be tainted.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1989's Batman was the first movie to explore the Joker's origin, offering up the most comprehensive take fans have ever seen. The film reveals that Joker was once Jack Napier, a high-level enforcer for Boss Carl Grissom who also happened to be sleeping with Grissom's girlfriend. Napier's boss set him up to be killed by the GCPD. As in various comic stories, a run-in with Batman culminated with Napier falling into a vat of chemicals and becoming physically and psychologically changed. A bullet wound to his face also left Napier with a permanent rictus grin.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Batman '89 broke with tradition not just by giving Joker an origin story, but by fundamentally intertwining his story with that of Batman's. A flashback scene reveals that a young Napier was responsible for murdering the Waynes, sending Bruce on his path to becoming Batman. \" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Batman: The Animated Series paid little attention to fleshing out Joker's background, except in the 1993 feature film Mask of the Phantasm. There, Batman encounters a photograph that shows a pre-transformation Joker working as a mob enforcer. But as Joker shows, he has little love left for his former bosses.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cWe were thinking about the original Joker film, the one with Joaquin Phoenix,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cThe way that explored the Joker\u2019s psychology while it was telling a story. We\u2019ve got the story that\u2019s in the appendices, and we\u2019ll tell that story, but we\u2019ll tell it from an internal Gollum perspective. You\u2019re taking written things by Tolkien and filming them from a certain POV, and that means you have to get inside his head. I\u2019ve got no particular desire to get inside Gollum\u2019s head. Andy Serkis can do that himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Jackson has explained why he\u2019s not directed The Hunt for Gollum, preferring Serkis to lead the charge instead. &#8220;I could have directed it but I just thought, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done it,'&#8221; Jackson told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2054506488375193737\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a>, referencing his work on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;And it&#8217;s not because of me that I thought, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done it,'&#8221; Jackson continued. &#8220;I thought it would be more interesting&#8230; [if] Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, directed it. Because the film is pretty much an internal story about Gollum&#8217;s psychology and addiction.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a very personal story to Gollum, the character, and I thought that Andy knows this guy better than anybody. So I actually didn&#8217;t really think much of me at all. I thought the most exciting version of this movie is if Andy Serkis makes it because he&#8217;s going to put Gollum&#8217;s psychology on screen like you can&#8217;t imagine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2021719738 video jsx-2008855984 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"badge jsx-1349606671 jsx-3647116352\"><span class=\"ign-icon icon-play jsx-2750866048 jsx-1044454891\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-play\" aria-label=\"Play\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Jackson reiterated this to IndieWire, saying: \u201cI thought the film would be more interesting if Andy did it. I honestly, truly believe that if it\u2019s a film about Gollum\u2019s addiction and internal struggles, Andy would make a much more interesting film than me. If I thought I\u2019d do a better film, I\u2019d do it. But I thought, there\u2019s a guy that\u2019s going to make a really interesting film here and it\u2019s not me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum hits theaters on December 17, 2027. The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past, co-written by Stephen Colbert, follows and will adapt unseen elements from Tolkien&#8217;s Fellowship of the Ring novel via flashback.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 bobble bobble-1 pogocnt pg-article\">\n<div data-mix-name=\"secondaryMedrec\" data-pos=\"1\" data-pogo-hide=\"1\" class=\"jsx-343126785 pogo-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Peter Jackson has compared <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum\">The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum<\/a> to Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/movies\/joker\">Joker<\/a>, saying the movie will \u201cget inside\u201d the character\u2019s head and tell the story from an internal perspective.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Hunt for Gollum, directed by Gollum actor Andy Serkis, acts as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, and sees Aragorn, tasked by Gandalf, tracking Gollum for years to prevent Sauron from learning about the One Ring.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/features\/interviews\/peter-jackson-hunt-for-gollum-tintin-sequel-cannes-1235193924\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IndieWire<\/a>, Jackson said inspiration came from 2019\u2019s Joker, which focuses on Arthur Fleck transforming from a neglected, mentally ill man into a violent, carefree agent of chaos who rejects all societal, moral, and political structures \u2014 and sparks a violent countercultural revolution in the process.<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Many Origin Stories of the Joker<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joker prefers his past to be multiple choice, so catch up on the many different versions of his origin story.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Though he debuted in 1940's Batman #1, it would be many years before DC attempted to establish some sort of origin story for the villain. Detective Comics #168 revealed that the Joker started out as a small-time thief named the Red Hood. After robbing a playing card company and escaping by swimming through a polluted river, Red Hood found that his face and hair had become bleached. Thus, the Joker was born. \" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 26 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1986's Batman: The Killing Joke built on the basic framework of the Red Hood origin story but added tragic new layers. This story suggests that Joker was once a chemical plant worker who quit his job to become a stand-up comic. When that failed, he agreed to help a gang of criminals rob his old employer. But after being chased by Batman, this failed comedian fell into a vat of chemicals. Combined with the trauma of losing his wife and unborn child in a freak bottle warmer accident, all the ingredients for a sadistic, killer clown were in place. However, The Killing Joke also suggests that Joker's own recollection of his past may be tainted.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1989's Batman was the first movie to explore the Joker's origin, offering up the most comprehensive take fans have ever seen. The film reveals that Joker was once Jack Napier, a high-level enforcer for Boss Carl Grissom who also happened to be sleeping with Grissom's girlfriend. Napier's boss set him up to be killed by the GCPD. As in various comic stories, a run-in with Batman culminated with Napier falling into a vat of chemicals and becoming physically and psychologically changed. A bullet wound to his face also left Napier with a permanent rictus grin.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Batman '89 broke with tradition not just by giving Joker an origin story, but by fundamentally intertwining his story with that of Batman's. A flashback scene reveals that a young Napier was responsible for murdering the Waynes, sending Bruce on his path to becoming Batman. \" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Batman: The Animated Series paid little attention to fleshing out Joker's background, except in the 1993 feature film Mask of the Phantasm. There, Batman encounters a photograph that shows a pre-transformation Joker working as a mob enforcer. But as Joker shows, he has little love left for his former bosses.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cWe were thinking about the original Joker film, the one with Joaquin Phoenix,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cThe way that explored the Joker\u2019s psychology while it was telling a story. We\u2019ve got the story that\u2019s in the appendices, and we\u2019ll tell that story, but we\u2019ll tell it from an internal Gollum perspective. You\u2019re taking written things by Tolkien and filming them from a certain POV, and that means you have to get inside his head. I\u2019ve got no particular desire to get inside Gollum\u2019s head. Andy Serkis can do that himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Jackson has explained why he\u2019s not directed The Hunt for Gollum, preferring Serkis to lead the charge instead. &#8220;I could have directed it but I just thought, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done it,'&#8221; Jackson told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2054506488375193737\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a>, referencing his work on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;And it&#8217;s not because of me that I thought, &#8216;I&#8217;ve done it,'&#8221; Jackson continued. &#8220;I thought it would be more interesting&#8230; [if] Gollum himself, Andy Serkis, directed it. Because the film is pretty much an internal story about Gollum&#8217;s psychology and addiction.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a very personal story to Gollum, the character, and I thought that Andy knows this guy better than anybody. So I actually didn&#8217;t really think much of me at all. I thought the most exciting version of this movie is if Andy Serkis makes it because he&#8217;s going to put Gollum&#8217;s psychology on screen like you can&#8217;t imagine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2021719738 video jsx-2008855984 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"badge jsx-1349606671 jsx-3647116352\"><span class=\"ign-icon icon-play jsx-2750866048 jsx-1044454891\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-cy=\"icon-play\" aria-label=\"Play\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Jackson reiterated this to IndieWire, saying: \u201cI thought the film would be more interesting if Andy did it. I honestly, truly believe that if it\u2019s a film about Gollum\u2019s addiction and internal struggles, Andy would make a much more interesting film than me. If I thought I\u2019d do a better film, I\u2019d do it. But I thought, there\u2019s a guy that\u2019s going to make a really interesting film here and it\u2019s not me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum hits theaters on December 17, 2027. The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past, co-written by Stephen Colbert, follows and will adapt unseen elements from Tolkien&#8217;s Fellowship of the Ring novel via flashback.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Jackson has compared The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s Joker, saying the movie will \u201cget inside\u201d the character\u2019s head and tell the story from an internal perspective. 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