Kenji Kamiyama's The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Film Sets Annecy Premiere Plans

Well ahead of the planned theatrical opening on April 12, 2024, Kenji Kamiyama's The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim film has its sights set on a premiere at France's Annecy Festival. As producer Jason DeMarco confirmed on Twitter, the film's Annecy debut is lined up for June 2023.

The 2023 Annecy International Animated Film Festival takes place June 11 to June 17, 2023. 

As previously reported, Philippa Boyens is serving as executive producer, while Phoebe Gittins and writing partner Arty Papageorgiou are handling the screenplay based on a script from Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews. The creative team also includes Richard Taylor, makeup and visual effects artist for The Lord of the Rings, along with Tolkien illustrator John Howe.

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The main voice cast was announced back in June 2022, including Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as Hera, Miranda Otto (returning from The Lord of the Rings trilogy) as Éowyn/narrator and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Wulf.

Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is set 183 years before the events depicted in the original The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Helm and the people of what will later come to be known as Helm's Deep must make a daring last stand when the Dunlending lord Wulf launches a sudden attack. Can Helm's daughter Hera find the strength to lead the resistance against this deadly foe?

Source: Jason DeMarco on Twitter

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