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With The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim set to hit theaters soon, Animehunch had the opportunity to interview Kenji Kamiyama, the legendary director behind the anime adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic world.

Kamiyama, known for his work on Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Napping Princess, shared insights into the challenges and unique aspects of directing this ambitious project.

Director Kenji Kamiyama speaking to Animehunch The Challenges of Portraying Large-Scale Battles:

When asked about the most significant difference between directing The War of the Rohirrim and his previous works, Kamiyama highlighted the challenges of portraying large-scale battle scenes featuring horses and soldiers.

While the director acknowledged that animation was a medium that was suitable for portraying fantasy stories, the sheer scale of battles in the movie, with an added sense of realism, was not something that animation was good at portraying.

Middle-Earth returned to the capital this evening for the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series), the talented voice cast is led by Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise as his daughter Héra; and Luke Pasqualino as Wulf. Miranda Otto, who delivered an unforgettable, award-winning performance in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy, reprises her role as Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan, who serves as the tale’s narrator. The voice ensemble also includes Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna and Janine Duvitski.

The movie hits cinemas on December 13th. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

The tales of Helm Hammerhand are true. Before you return to Middle-earth, Warner Bros. Pictures has brought online an extended preview of New Line Cinema’s The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

The New Line Cinema anime feature returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in The Lord of the Rings trilogy based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Rated PG-13 for strong violence, the film will open in theaters on December 13.

Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series), the voice cast is led by Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as his daughter Héra; and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Wulf.

Miranda Otto, who delivered an unforgettable, award-winning performance in The Lord of the Rings trilogy,...

Yesterday, Sony Pictures was mocked by many for releasing the opening 8 minutes of Kraven the Hunter. It was deemed a "desperate" move to increase interest in the studio's latest Marvel movie which shares a release date - December 13 - with The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

Warner Bros. Discovery has today responded by releasing the first 8 minutes of its animated prequel (via SFFGazette.com), offering fans a better idea of what to expect from this adventure.

In The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an original anime feature being released in theaters by New Line Cinema, we'll return to Middle-earth, the iconic world previously brought to life in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The impressive voice cast is led by Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods...

The holiday season is a magical time for moviegoers as studios rush to bring their most prominent titles to cinemas, vying for those after-meal entertainment dollars. This year, there’s some stiff competition as films like Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Kraven the Hunter, and Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu enter the battle. Still, one film is ready to present fans with a new story for a time-honored franchise, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Today, tickets are available on Fandango for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, premiering in theaters on Friday, December 13.

According to Fandango’s 2024 Most Anticipated Movies Survey, The War of the Rohirrim was voted the #5 Most Anticipated Holiday Movie and the #2 Most Anticipated Movie of December. Legendary anime director Kenji Kamiyama directs The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an animated dark fantasy epic set in the...

Warner Bros. Animation has released the first official clip from next month's The Lord of the Rings prequel film, The War of the Rohirrim, and it teases what looks like it might be the one of the movie's climactic battles.

In the clip, we see the king's daughter, Hera, challenge the villainous Wulf to single combat. Despite being urged to take caution, Wulf accepts, and Hera charges to meet her foe.

We also have a first look at the film's tie-in popcorn bucket, which takes the form of a war-hammer. Let's hope audiences don't get too excited while watching the movie and start re-enacting scenes in the theater.

Check out the clip below, along with the popcorn holder and a recently-released teaser.

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Warner Bros. unveiled a new featurette on the upcoming The Lord Of the Rings: The War Of Rohirrim anime on Nov 26, 2024.

The behind-the-scenes featurette features director Kenji Kamiyama, producers Philippa Boyens, Jason DeMarco, and Joseph Chou, along with cast members Gaia Wise (voice of Héra) and Laurence Ubong Williams (voice of Fréaláf), where they talk about the transformation of Tolkien’s Middle-earth epic into an anime.

Checkout the video below:

The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim is slated to release in U.S. on Dec 13, 2024, and internationally on Dec 11, 2024.

Kenji Kamiyama, known for his work on Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Eden Of The East, will direct the film, with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Sam Register, Carolyn Blackwood and Toby Emmerich serving as executive producers.

It is produced by produced by Oscar winner Philippa Boyens, known for her work on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies,...

WaterTower Music, Warner Bros.’ in-house music label, has unveiled the official theme song for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

The track, titled “The Rider,” is performed by English breakout artist Paris Paloma. The song was written and produced by Phoebe Gittins and David Long.

The music video for The Rider and its album cover art can be viewed below:

Producer Philippa Boyens praised the new addition to the franchise’s music legacy, stating, “Paris Paloma’s incredible performance of The Rider follows in the great tradition of powerful, heartfelt songs within The Lord of the Rings cinema universe. Her voice perfectly imbues the emotion, courage, and indefinable magic that is Middle-earth.”

A lifelong fan of Tolkien’s works, Paloma also expressed her excitement about being part of the franchise.

“I became completely immersed in Middle-earth, both in the books and the movies, and I have...

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of Rohirrim unveiled a new tapestry artwork and a behind-the-scene video of its creation at this year’s New York Comic Con on Oct 18, 2025.

Tapestry artwork

The BTS video begins with rough pencil sketches of the film’s main characters and mythical settings. As the video progresses, fans can see how digital technology was used to add details and refine the sketches.

The final phase of the process involved animating the drawings, bringing movement and depth to the visual designs. The video culminated with the unveiling of the finished tapestry.

Checkout the video below:

The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim is slated to release in U.S. on Dec 13, 2024, and internationally on Dec 11, 2024.

Kenji Kamiyama, known for his work on Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Eden Of The East, will direct the film, with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Sam Register,...

New Line Cinema is marching into New York City Comic-Con with a special presentation for the upcoming original anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The panel places Lotr fans at the heart of the world, which J. R. R. Tolkien created, giving them a front-row seat for an animated event film arranged by the award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series). Today’s BTS video for The War of the Rohirrim brings us behind the magic of Kamiyama’s film, highlighting the painstaking process of creating a high-concept fantasy adventure from scribbles and scratches.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim BTS video begins with rough pencil sketches of characters and mythical locales before showcasing charcoal drawings and the storyboarding process. After completing the look of the world and its characters,...

The first official poster for Warner Bros.' animated The Lord of the Rings prequel film, The War of the Rohirrim, has been released.

The artwork features the king's daughter, Hera, standing ready to defend her home from ruthless invaders, with her father, King Helm Hammerhand, and the villainous Wulf in the background.

The Middle Earth adventure, which is set almost 200 years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic trilogy, follows the mighty first King of Rohan as he mounts a defence of the fortress of Hornburg (which came to be known as Helm's Deep) from a relentless siege.

“This is the story of the most powerful king in Rohan's history, someone who defeated his enemies with his bare fists,” director Kenji Kamiyama said in a recent interview. “Why did his lineage have to end with him? I think there is a lesson in hubris there and also for...

Warner Bros. unveiled the official poster for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim anime film on Sep 22, 2024.

The poster features Helm Hammerhand – the King of Rohan, Héra, and Wulf – the Dunlending lord.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim is slated to release in U.S. on Dec 13, 2024, and internationally on Dec 11, 2024.

It was previously revealed that the anime film will have a presence at New York Comic Con (Nycc), which is set to take place from Oct 17-20, 2024.

Kenji Kamiyama, known for his work on Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Eden Of The East, will direct the film, with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Sam Register, Carolyn Blackwood and Toby Emmerich serving as executive producers.

It is produced by produced by Oscar winner Philippa Boyens, known for her work on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, alongside Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou.

New Line Cinema has revealed the official trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an anime feature that returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in The Lord of the Rings trilogy based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The studio has also announced that The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be presented at the New York Comic Con in October. Warner Bros. Pictures will release the film in domestic theaters on December 13, 2024, and internationally beginning December 11.

Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series), the talented voice cast is led by Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as his daughter Héra; and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Wulf.

Miranda Otto,...

Warner Bros. has debuted the trailer for the upcoming animated film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, the story tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for his father’s death, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg. This mighty fortress will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their destruction.

Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series), the...

Warner Bros. unveiled the trailer for the first-ever anime film adaptation of the Lord Of The Ring franchise, titled The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim, on Aug 22, 2024.

The trailer gives fans their first glimpse into the epic battle between the kingdom of Rohan, led by Héra, and the army of Dunlendings, led by Wulf.

In addition to the trailer, it has been confirmed that the anime will have a presence at New York Comic Con (Nycc), which is set to take place from Oct 17-20, 2024.

“We are also excited to share that The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be at New York Comic Con,” the announcement read. Further details regarding this are yet to be revealed.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim is slated to release in U.S. on Dec 13, 2024, and internationally on Dec 11, 2024,

Kenji Kamiyama, known for...

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim is heading to cinemas this Christmas – and here’s the first trailer for the film.

We’ve known for several years now that an animated feature film set within The Lord Of The Rings was on the way. There’s lots to get excited about with this project too: an anime filmmaker, the award-winning director Kenji Kamiyama (who directed the excellent Blade Runner: Black Lotus) being given a Hollywood franchise and working with a Hollywood studio, something we don’t see as often as we should.

There’s Brian Cox voicing a legendary King of Rohan. Also, the film is an official extension of Peter Jackson’s revered Lord Of The Rings films. Oh, and the setting is Helm’s Deep, one of the story’s most iconic settings, a highly-defensible fort which means lots of action and daring exploits.

This Christmas, The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson presents a groundbreaking journey back to Middle-earth through the eyes of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama.

In The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an original anime feature being released in theaters by New Line Cinema, we'll return to Middle-earth, the iconic world previously brought to life in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Under the direction of Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Black Lotus), it's been confirmed today that the impressive voice cast is led by Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as his daughter Héra; and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Wulf.

Miranda Otto, who delivered an unforgettable, award-winning performance in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, reprises her role as Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan, who serves as the tale’s narrator.

One of Japanese animation’s premiere filmmakers, Kenji Kamiyama, is about to march into Middle-earth for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an animated fantasy epic set 183 years before the War of the Ring. With unforgettable animated projects like Napping Princess, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, East of Eden, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex under his belt, today’s The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim trailer demonstrates Kenji Kamiyama’s eye for adventure, emotion, and jaw-dropping fantasy action.

Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for his father’s death, forces Helm and his people to make...

Everybody wants their piece of the Lord Of The Rings pie. We've discussed the complicated rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's work in the past; Amazon Prime Video has access to a very particular era of Middle-earth for its series The Rings Of Power, while Warner Bros. Pictures has its own Middle-earth empire,...

Set 183 years before the events of the original trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim transports audiences back to the epic world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary saga. The film chronicles the tale of Helm Hammerhand, the storied King of Rohan. When Wulf, a cunning and vengeful Dunlending lord, launches a surprise attack to avenge his father’s death, Helm and his people must mount a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg—later known as Helm’s Deep. Amidst these dire circumstances, Héra, Helm’s daughter, must summon the courage to lead the resistance against an enemy intent on their annihilation.

Although Warner Bros. has not yet dropped a trailer for The War of the Rohirrim, they did treat lucky attendees at the Annecy Animation Festival in January to an exclusive 20-minute preview. In the meantime, Warner Bros. has shared various promotional materials,...

Warner Bros. Animation unveiled a brand new visual for The Lord of the Rings: The War The Of Rohirrim at Anime Expo 2024 on July 3, 2024.

It features the film’s heroine, Héra, the daughter of Helm Hammerhand, showcasing the strong female lead that director Kenji Kamiyama is excited to bring to the screen.

The visual can be viewed below:

In an interview with Anime Expo, director Kenji Kamiyama spoke about the female representation in the film.

“In Japanese animation, it’s not uncommon for a female protagonist to be the main character, but it’s more rare in the live-action films made from The Lord of the Rings. Our film has a strong female lead in Héra, and our story is narrated by the noble Tolkien figure Éowyn, so women are very well represented. I think there are a lot of fans who really like Tolkien’s original work, so I...

New Line Cinema’s original anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series), the talented voice cast is led by Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as his daughter Héra; and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Wulf.

Miranda Otto, who delivered an unforgettable, award-winning performance in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, reprises her role as Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan, who serves as the tale’s narrator.

The voice ensemble also includes Lorraine Ashbourne (Bridgerton), Yazdan Qafouri (I Came By), Benjamin Wainwright (World on Fire), Laurence Ubong Williams...

"The Horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep, one last time!"

King Theoden channelled his mighty ancestor before leading the Rohirrim into battle in The Two Towers, and New Line and Warner Bros.' upcoming animated prequel film will explain how the first king of Rohan became such a revered - and feared - warrior.

20 minutes of footage from The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was screened during the Annecy Animation Festival on Tuesday, and while that preview has not been released online, the response on social media was very postive indeed.

A trailer will likely be released fairly soon, but for now, we have a first official look at the anime-style feature film thanks to some promo images.

The stills come via EW and People, and reveal the character designs for Helm Hammerhand, Héra, Haleth, Hama, and the villainous Wulf.

The Middle Earth adventure,...

The Lord of the Rings franchise is set to return to its animated roots with the highly anticipated anime film, The War of the Rohirrim. The film is slated to release on Dec 13, 2024.

Kenji Kamiyama, known for his work on Blade Runner: Black Lotus, will direct the film, with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh serving as executive producers.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim will feature the first ever female lead in the franchise’s history, Hèra.

Hèra, voiced by Gaia Wise, is the daughter of Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox), the legendary King of Rohan.

The film will have a runtime of 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The still from the film can be viewed below:

Producer Philippa Boyens, who had co-written the screenplays for Peter Jackson’s live-action Lord of the Rings films, explained how Hèra came to be in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

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While everyone is talking about the next live-action Lord of the Rings film, the Hunt for Gollum, which will include Peter Jackson making a comeback to the franchise, WB Animation has been quietly working on its previously announced Lord of the Rings animated picture.

First revealed in June 2021 during 20th anniversary celebrations of the film franchise, WB shared the first details on The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

Described as an anime movie, the project was subsequently confirmed to be a collaboration between WB Animation and Tokyo-based Solo Entertainment.

Earlier this week, WB Animation confirmed that The War of the Rohirrim would be showcased at next month's Annecy Film Festival and also released three hi-res versions of previously released conceptual images from the film. Specifically, the first footage from the film will be showcased (and hopefully) uploaded near the time of the panel.

The film is...

Everyone knows that it's an awfully self-destructive idea to let the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes drag on in perpetuity, harming countless below-the-line crew members, theater owners, and more who rely on the film and television industries to make a living -- everyone, that is, except for the AMPTP themselves, apparently. We recently wrote about one of the latest dominoes to fall as the highly-anticipated "Dune: Part 2" was pushed back to next year, becoming the latest casualty of the studios' abject refusal to present reasonable counterproposals in good faith as the sides struggle to work out a fair contract. Now, fantasy nerds are the latest fans to be victimized by the producers' unwillingness to, frankly, get their s*** together.

Deadline reports that the upcoming "The Lord of the Rings" anime film, "The War of the Rohirrim" (which /Film's Rafael Motamayor was lucky enough to preview footage from earlier this year...

New Line’s new animated movie, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, is moving from its April 12, 2024 release date to Dec. 13 next year.

The move stems from a chain-reaction of Warner Bros re-dating today, spurred by Legendary Entertainment’s Dune: Part Two going from Nov. 3 this year to March 15, 2024, which then pushed that financier and producer’s other title, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire from that date to April 12, 2024. Dune: Part Two had to move had to shift on account of the unavailability of its cast to promote during the actors strike.

War of the Rohirrim will now face off on its new December date against Sony’s reboot of The Karate Kid.

The anime feature, directed by Kenji Kamiyama, is set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original New Line Lord of the Rings trilogy. Those Peter Jackson movies, in addition to his Hobbit trilogy,...

For all of the spurious arguments over authenticity or criticisms about Halle Bailey’s casting as Ariel, Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid is a remarkably safe—and remarkably bland—live-action adaptation of Ron Clements and John Musker’s 1989 animated original. Beyond Lin-Manuel Miranda’s newly written music, including a cringe-worthy rap song performed by Scuttle (Awkwafina) and Sebastian (Daveed Diggs), this Little Mermaid feels more or less like two-hour-plus cosplay with the texture and gravitas of a Disneyland sideshow.

The story itself largely remains unchanged. Ariel (Halle Bailey) is the youngest of five daughters of the widowed King Triton (Javier Bardem). As the king desperately tries to keep Ariel obedient and away from the humans whom he blames for his beloved wife’s death, the precocious mermaid only grows more enamored and intrigued by human behavior and their affects.

One night, Ariel’s curiosity gets the best of her...

Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor turned into a mermaid for a new promotional asset of the upcoming film ‘The Little Mermaid’. The actress took to her social media platform on Friday to share a video with magical realism.

In the video, she can be seen stepping into the magical world of Princess Ariel as a fan and magically fits into it for her young fans as she recitesa ‘Machhli Jal Ki Rani Hai.’

‘The Little Mermaid’ directed by Rob Marshall, features Halle Bailey as Ariel, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Javier Bardem as King Triton, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, Jacob Tremblay as Flounder, Awkwafina as Scuttle, Noma Dumezweni, and Jude Akuwudike.

Disney India is set to release ‘The Little Mermaid’ in cinemas on May 26 in English.

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The appeal of "The Crown" has never been limited to the glitz and glamor of the royal family. While the series certainly delivers on the promise of a glossy costume drama about a stuffy British monarch, its biggest strength has always been its effective approach to storytelling. Episodes of "The Crown" thankfully abandon the streaming TV refrain of being "more like a ten-hour movie" and instead deliver self-contained episodes that certainly connect, but are also a full meal on their own. And ironically, some of the best examples are the episodes that sidestep the royal family entirely, focusing on someone with little proximity to the titular crown.

In season 4's "Aberfan," we spend the opening minutes watching the morning routine of a small Welsh mining town. We'll later see the national fallout of the tragedy that befalls them. In season 3, "Fagan" was a series standout, tracing one of the most...

The cast and crew of “The Crown” were joined by Netflix boss Ted Sarandos in London for the show’s Season 5 premiere.

Before the screening started, Sarandos took to the stage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in central London on Tuesday evening to introduce the new season. During his speech, Sarandos called the series the “crown jewel” in Netflix’s original series catalogue. “This really has been and continues to be the highlight of my personal and professional life,” Sarandos said of the show. “And I’m incredibly in awe with [Peter Morgan’s] vision and with his writing. And I am incredibly, incredibly grateful for your friendship. Peter, thank you so much.”

Sarandos also took the opportunity to remind the audience the show is a “dramatization” of the Royal Family’s life. There has been much debate in the U.K. about how much of the show is...

Today at D23, Disney offered a first look at its live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall, which is slated to hit theaters May 26. Watch the teaser above.

Bailey said today that it’s the first time she has seen footage of the film from Walt Disney Pictures.

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“I’m sure all of you in here can relate to Ariel and how special she is to all of us,” she said from the stage. “Being a little girl swimming in the pool, imagining I was a mermaid, I never imagined that would come to life [like this]. … The three days filming ‘Part of Your World’ was the most beautiful experience of my life — feeling all the feelings she feels, her passion, discomfort, everything she’s experiencing. It was so exciting for me to play those...

Exclusive: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise and Miranda Otto are just some of the names in the voice cast for New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

The movie centers around the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan, a character from the J.R.R. Tolkien book’s appendix. Succession actor Cox will provide the voice of that protagonist.

The anime feature, directed by Kenji Kamiyama, is set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg – a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation,...

Exclusive: Roadside Attractions has snapped up North American rights to Terence Davies’ well-received TIFF and London Film Festival drama Benediction.

Jack Lowden (Dunkirk) stars as WWI poet Siegfried Sassoon, alongside Peter Capaldi, Geraldine James, Kate Phillips, Gemma Jones, Calam Lynch, Anton Lesser, Jeremy Irvine, Ben Daniels, Lia Williams, Jude Akuwudike, Suzanne Bertish and Simon Russell Beale.

Following its world premiere at TIFF and its berth at San Sebastian where it won the Jury Prize, the film is debuting in the UK tonight at the London Film Festival.

Roadside, which struck the deal with UK sales firm Bankside, plans to release the film theatrically in spring 2022.

Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Davies, the biopic explores the turbulent life of WWI poet Sassoon. The writer and soldier was a complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery but who became...

The lingering opening shot of “Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)” is a tangle of cords. Mofe (Jude Akuwudike), a factory technician working in Lagos, Nigeria, is all too familiar with their jumbled, haphazardly arranged mess. Constantly called to tinker with them to keep printers and cutting machines running, he’s learned to snip and tape and twist them to keep electrical malfunctions at bay. Mofe knows the precarity of the situation. But his calls for new junction boxes fall on deaf ears. And so, day in and day out, he must wrestle with these unruly cords to maintain a semblance of order on the factory floor.

It’s hard not to read into this introductory frame the central conceit of what co-directors (and twin brothers) Arie and Chuko Esiri are sketching out with their extraordinary debut feature film. Mofe, like many working class Nigerians we meet in “Eyimofe,” must contort...

"The way we leave this world is very important." Janus Films has revealed an official US trailer for an indie drama from Nigeria titled This Is My Desire, also known (originally) as Eyimofe. This premiered at a number of international film festivals last year, including the Berlin, London, Hamburg, and IndieLisboa Film Festivals. Set in Lagos, Nigeria, tragedy and fate intervene as two people try to better the lives of their families. A "heartrending and hopeful portrait of everyday human endurance in Lagos." It's shot on 16mm film and is "infused with the spirit of neorealism." Eyimofe traces the journeys of two distantly connected strangers—Mofe, an electrician dealing with the fallout of a tragedy, and Rosa, a hairdresser supporting her pregnant teenage sister—as they each pursue their dream of starting a new life in Europe while bumping up against the harsh economic realities of a world in which every interaction is a transaction.

Yet another Berlin 2020 title finally making its way to the world, Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) arrives with some lofty expectations—it is, after all, a Janus release, ensuring eventual induction into the Criterion Collection. Directed by twin Nigerian brothers Chuko and Arie Esiri, the picture arrives on July 23, ahead of which comes a trailer replete with beautiful 16mm images of Nigeria’s Lagos.

We named Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) one of the main films to see this month, while David Katz said in his review ““Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven and Wong Kar Wai’s Chungking Express have been directly cited by the filmmakers as inspirations for Eyimofe, and I would also mention Amores Perros for its interleaving structure and top-to-bottom dissection of a megalopolis, teeming with such a bevy of unhappy people. But the sometimes plain and unadorned visual style fails to keep pace with...

“Eyimofe” (“This Is My Desire”), the debut feature from co-directors (and twin brothers) Arie and Chuko Esiri, is a heartrending and hopeful portrait of everyday human endurance in Nigeria, West Africa. The film traces the journeys of two distantly connected strangers at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder — Mofe (Jude Akuwudike), an electrician dealing with the fallout of a family tragedy, and Rosa (Temi Ami-Williams), a hairdresser supporting her pregnant teenage sister — as they each pursue their dream of starting a new life in Europe while bumping up against the harsh economic realities of a world in which every interaction is a transaction.

It’s a familiar tale — the longing for another life elsewhere, a promise that is at once near and far away, and it speaks to the European migrant crisis. It’s also a tale that was inspired by the filmmakers’ own journey. Shot in long takes, the...

Home is profoundly where the heartache is in Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), a finely wrought, wistful but mildly unsatisfying debut feature by Nigerian-raised, New York-educated twins Arie and Chuko Esiri. Tracking two resilient Lagos residents, in sequential order, united by one goal––to illegally migrate in search of a better life––the film occasionally feels akin to an immaculately put-together class assignment, over-mindful of the reaction of an end user or assessor, rather than a risky, personality-infused piece of art.

When a real-world locale or environment comes to global notoriety, as Lagos has––one of the world’s fastest-growing cities, with an overall metropolitan population of over 20 million––you can expect art-making and cultural depictions to keep pace. There is of course the burgeoning local film industry, known informally as Nollywood, but its output is little-seen internationally; its indigenous music, such as the ’70s Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and the contemporary,...

One of our greatest working directors has wrapped production on his latest film. Following 2011’s The Deep Blue Sea, 2015’s Sunset Song, and 2016’s A Quiet Passion, British director Terence Davies was set to begin shooting Benediction, about World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon, earlier this year, but the pandemic halted plans. He was able to recently resume and now the film has wrapped.

Led by Jack Lowden he plays Sassoon, marking Davies’ second biopic of a poet, immediately following his Emily Dickinson film. Sassoon was known for his epic, satirical poems detailing trench warfare and the horrors of a war in which he fought bravely but spoke out against. He was also a closeted gay man in Britain, where those in power considered his sexual identity a crime.

The film, which has debuted its first image above via Deadline, also stars Peter Capaldi as Sassoon in his older years,...

Exclusive: Terence Davies’ (A Quiet Passion) Siegfried Sassoon biopic Benediction has wrapped in the UK, with joining cast including Geraldine James (Downton Abbey), Kate Phillips (Downton Abbey), Gemma Jones (Ammonite), Anton Lesser (Game Of Thrones), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Ben Daniels (The Crown), Lia Williams (The Crown), Jude Akuwudike (Gangs Of London), Suzanne Bertish (Atlantic Crossing), Simon Russell Beale (The Death Of Stalin) and newcomer Callum Lynch.

Dunkirk and Fighting With My Family star Jack Lowden leads cast as WWI poet and soldier Sassoon. As we previously revealed, Peter Capaldi will play Sassoon in his later years.

The film, which had to go on a lengthy hiatus caused by the pandemic, has wrapped on locations in the West Midlands. Bankside has world sales rights and will be showing a promo to buyers at the upcoming AFM.

Sassoon was decorated for bravery on the Western Front and is remembered for his...

Exclusive: Below, you can watch the first trailer for Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), Arie Esiri and Chuko Esir’s Nigerian drama.

The film is set to have its UK premiere on October 11 at the BFI London Film Festival, marking the 60th anniversary of Nigerian independence. It will celebrate its U.S. premiere at AFI Fest on October 20.

Marking the twin brothers’ debut directing effort, the movie was funded entirely in Nigeria and made with a predominantly Nigerian cast and crew. It was shot in 16mm and filmed across 48 locations in Lagos. Producers were Lagos-based Gdn Studios.

Split into chapters and set in the present day, Eyimofe follows Mofe (Jude Akuwudike), a factory technician, and Rosa, a hairdresser, on their quest for what they believe will be a better life on foreign shores. But after Mofe loses his family and Rosa fails to deliver on a promise, their plans collapse.

Two only glancingly connected stories of street-level life in Lagos form the ostensible backbone of “This Is My Desire,” the engaging, earnest, loose-limbed debut feature from Nigerian twin-brother directors Arie and Chuko Esiri. But the shape of those lives is vaguely similar. Both characters begin their chapters not just dreaming of escaping the everyday grind of life in their nation’s largest, most populous city, but taking firm, expensive steps toward achieving that goal: buying passports, saving for visas, making dodgy deals for documentation with shady brokers. And still, it is a goal that never seems quite within their grasp, and not just because of the logistics. It’s almost as though Lagos itself intervenes — just as it does in almost every frame of Dp Arseni Khachaturan’s textural, colorful 35mm photography — and conspires with fate to pull them back into an embrace that is by turns comfortingly familiar and callously indifferent.

The Star Wars actor took home the best actor prize, but stepped into a social media storm following comments made in his acceptance speech.

John Boyega took home the best Male Performance in Film prize at the annual Screen Nation awards, which aims to recognise black British talent in the UK film and TV sectors.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor and former Screen Star Of Tomorrow was joined as a winner at the London event on Saturday [March 19] night by Nathalie Emmanuel, who won best Female Performance in Film for her roles in Fast & Furious 7 and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.

Dough and Jekyll & Hyde star Malachi Kirby, who has been cast in the forthcoming remake of Roots and is another former Screen Star, was presented with the Rising Star award.

Boyega was also nominated for the publicly-voted Favourite International Movie prize as the major UK talent in Jj Abrams’ Star Wars reboot, but was beaten...