THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Hera Challenges Wulf To Battle In First Clip From THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Hera Challenges Wulf To Battle In First Clip From THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM

The first full clip from Warner Bros.' animated The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim animated prequel has been released, and we also have a first look at the movie's tie-in popcorn bucket...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 29, 2024 08:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Lord of the Rings
Source: Via Toonado.com

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.

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 a need for responsibility and awareness in their power. We live in an age where, all over the world, we face the reality of war again. What, then, is power? What is the responsibility of those who possess it? It is something they need to think about by thinking together with those who don’t.”

Brian Cox (Succession) will voice Hammerhand, with Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as his daughter Hera; and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Wulf. Miranda Otto is also set to reprise the role of Éowyn from Peter Jackson's LOTR movies, but the character won't actually appear (as far as we know), and will serve as narrator.

The supporting voice cast will consist of Lorraine Ashbourne (Bridgerton), Yazdan Qafouri (I Came By), Benjamin Wainwright (World on Fire), Laurence Ubong Williams (Gateway), Shaun Dooley (The Witcher), Michael Wildman (Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), Jude Akuwudike (Beasts of No Nation), Bilal Hasna (Sparks) and Janine Duvitski (Benidorm).

"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," reads the synopsis. "Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Hera, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction."

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim releases in cinemas on December 13. 

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Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/29/2024, 8:55 AM
I've seen this one before...
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 11/29/2024, 8:57 AM
Modern animation looks so cheap and ugly.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/29/2024, 9:05 AM
A girl warrior?.

I thought this was Lord of The Rings , not Woke of the Rings…

Did I do it right?.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 11/29/2024, 12:36 PM
@TheVisionary25 -

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/29/2024, 9:09 AM
Being an idiot aside , That looks fun imo so I’ll check it out!!.

However while it being given a theatrical release shows the faith the studio has in it , I sadly don’t think it will do that well if at all considering it’s anime inspiration which is still somewhat niche in the U.S atleast.

Also this seems to catered moreso towards families or even adults which sadly doesn’t sell that well since animation is looked down upon as a kids medium in the west.

I hope I’m wrong though and it’s both well received aswell as successful!!.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 11/29/2024, 12:38 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I would be more worried about the competition there'll be soon in theatres by then. Esp. with Sonic 3 coming not so shortly.

It won't deter me from seeing this though, it's lowkey one of the things I've been curious to see all the year.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 11/29/2024, 1:15 PM
@NinnesMBC - that too

I think Mufasa will do decent but between that and,Sonic and Nosferatu , the hedgehog is winning

I might be missing something else but I think those are the big Dec releases along with Kraven I guess
RealTurner
RealTurner - 11/29/2024, 9:18 AM
I mean, they could have gone with the faux-Tolkien xerox-and-copy-paste type script that Rings of Power craps out in every episode, but I guess this is... a choice... too? And the voice director also made... some choices? Hmmmm. Doesn't look like something that would normally make it to theaters.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 11/29/2024, 9:27 AM
As someone who unironically considers Ralph Bakshi's animated movie his favorite Tolkien adaptation and would love to see more animated takes on the franchise, everything about this movie annoys me. Why limit the creativity by forcing it to the same continuity with the Jackson movies?
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 11/29/2024, 1:23 PM
@FinnishDude - the Jackson take is by far the highest quality and the most successful, so it only makes sense. Bakshi’s take is only watchable with the screwed over dub (look it up).
Knightstar
Knightstar - 11/29/2024, 10:04 AM
I can practically hear the shills rushing to their computers to protect and defend this movie from all the sexism and misogyny.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 11/29/2024, 12:39 PM
A little bold of them to promote this probably 3rd act clip, but it allows you see some of the character at least and how this Wulf isn't the brightest lightbulb around by not hearing the advice of his advisors and taking Hera's bait.
HistoryofMatt
HistoryofMatt - 11/29/2024, 2:02 PM
Nope. Yet another bastardization and politicization of Tolkien using things that NEVER HAPPENED in Middle Earth.

That Peter Jackson is involved with this garbage breaks my heart. I always blamed WB for forcing him to stretch The Hobbit into 3 movies, but maybe he was just as to blame.
Rokhorn
Rokhorn - 11/30/2024, 8:05 AM
We've taken the bait now I'm ready for the switch. I'm betting this movies about the daughter and not Helm. I'm betting his story is the B plot and thr daughters story is the main storyline.

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