What to know before watching Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim

Get rid of any doubts you may have Animation adaptations of JRR Tolkien’s works. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle of the Rohirrim — Based on JRR Tolkien’s history of Rohan, the land of the Horse Lords and Shieldmaidens — A team of top talent from across Middle-earth whose dedication and skill creates an action-packed fantasy drama Because only animation can provide.

Despite the animation style, it is presented by director Kenji Kamiyama and Sola Digital Arts (Blade Runner: Black Lotus) Rohirrim Wars from many of the same people Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogythe film was explicitly designed as an expansion of Tolkien’s version of the world.

This kind of link is difficult to place on a movie poster or even a TV commercial. So let’s unpack how about Rohirrim Wars Matches Tolkien’s timeline, Jackson’s films, and your movie-watching schedule.

How long is The Battle of Rohirrim and are there end credits?

Walter R It’s surprisingly long for an animated film, at 2 hours and 14 minutes. But if you don’t want to sit down and listen to the movie’s signature song “The Rider” by Paris Paloma or the names of everyone involved in the film, to a Howard Shore-inspired score that you can skip when the end credits start rolling.

Rohirrim Wars There are no post-credits or mid-credits scenes, and no sequels to tease. Unless of course you count the already existing Peter Jackson hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy, which follows closely in the timeline. see below.

Is The Battle of Rohirrim a Peter Jackson movie?

Directly? No. Yes.

Rohirrim Wars is a rare theatrical release from Warner Bros. Animation, currently best known for its regularly released DC Comics adaptations, such as Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths and Happy little batman — but it’s full of Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” DNA. The script for Jackson’s film was co-written by him and his co-stars Fran Walsh and Philippa Bones, with Jackson and Walsh serving as executive producers. Rohirrim Wars. Bones is even closer to producing, with story co-producer and producer titles.

Bones also brought on creative director Richard Taylor and artists Alan Lee and John Howe, who were mainstays of Jackson’s Lord of the Rings design team. Kamiyama’s team made full use of Wētā Workshop’s archive of props and designs produced for Jackson’s films.

“We don’t want live-action fans to think this is different,” Kamiyama told Polygon, “or that this isn’t something they’re familiar with. […] We want to make sure they feel like it’s connected, that it’s a connected universe.

Is The Battle of the Rohirrim an original story?

Rohirrim Wars It’s based on Tolkien’s true legend! Tolkien invented many details about Middle-earth Lord of the Rings But it is not the core of the book. when Return of the King Published in 1955, the book includes six appendices, each of which delves into world-building.

first appendix Return of the King Includes a history of the horsemen of Rohan, with approximately two pages devoted to Helm Hammerhand, the last king of the first dynasty of Rohan. That’s the story Bones and her team decided to expand Rohirrim Warsfeaturing Herm’s unnamed daughter, Hera.

When is the setting for the Battle of the Rohirrim in The Lord of the Rings?

Rohirrim Wars Occurred approximately 250 years before the event Lord of the Ringsduring the reign of Helm Hammerhand, King of Rohan. Or, to give you another perspective on things: Helm’s Deep, a huge mountain fortress where, Peter Jackson’s two towers occur? It is named after Helm.

So, you won’t see Éowyn, Théoden, Aragorn or any of the hobbits Rohirrim Wars. Even so, there are some cameos in it. Speaking of which…

[Ed. note: Minor spoilers about a brief legacy character appearance in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.]

Is Christopher Lee really playing Saruman?

Yes! Lee used Saruman’s lines with the permission of his widow, Birgit Cronk, through archival recordings made by Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. This isn’t a random cameo, either.

Saruman’s appearance here is taken directly from Tolkien’s writings, which noted that Rohan’s long wars raised concerns for the safety of its people once they recovered – when Gondor invited a council of its wisest wizards This concern was assuaged when settling into this long-abandoned tower. When Saruman finally revealed his secret evil ambitions 250 years later, Saruman was still there, in Orthanc, as Fellowship of the Ring (book) with Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Movie).

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle of the Rohirrim Now in wide theatrical release.