{"id":4099,"date":"2026-03-10T15:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:32:30","slug":"elijah-wood-says-he-does-not-want-anyone-else-to-play-frodo-as-long-as-hes-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4099","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Wood says he does not want anyone else to play Frodo as long as he&#8217;s alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Elijah Wood says he does not want anyone else to play Frodo as long as he\u2019s alive\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/03\/elijahwood-frodo.png?height=576&amp;width=1024\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8216;The Hunt for Gollum&#8217; will release in 2027<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However, he is making it known that he does not want the part being taken over by any other actor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cI certainly wouldn\u2019t want anybody else to play Frodo as long as I\u2019m alive and able\u201d, the actor recently told The Sunday Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t been officially announced, but at a convention last August, Ian sort of let the cat out of the bag. So there is a good chance,\u201d Wood added about his potential Frodo return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not able to officially say anything until it\u2019s announced, but I will say I\u2019m thrilled with the prospect of another film. It\u2019s always a little nerve-racking when people talk about new movies for a world like Middle-earth. Everyone gets a little protective and hopes it retains its level of integrity, but this story is fun, thrilling. There is a genuine feeling of getting the band back together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cI can also recognize what fun that is going to be \u2014 when you are in the cinema, and you see the hat turn around, and it\u2019s Gandalf,\u201d Wood added. \u201cBecause I\u2019m also a fan, and excited to see how it all comes together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full flex flex-col items-center max-w-[659px] 970:max-w-[630px] my-5\">\n<div class=\"w-[345px] tablet:w-[618px]\"><img alt=\"Article image\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"618\" height=\"329\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto object-contain rounded-[10px]\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2258914613.jpg?height=1024&amp;width=1024\"\/><img alt=\"Logo Camera in article\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"11\" height=\"9\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"absolute w-[11px] h-[9px] bottom-[11px] right-[11px] object-conatin tablet:hidden\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/static\/media\/camera.5e27b748.png\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThe Hunt for Gollum\u201d was first announced by Warner Bros. in summer 2024, and originally said it would be ready for theaters in 2026, however it then got delayed to December 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Wood previously told ScreenRant in January \u201cI can neither confirm nor deny,\u201d about coming back as Frodo. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really allowed to confirm. I\u2019m really excited about the film. I think it really is a creative \u2018getting the band back together.\u2019 A lot of the creative heads of department are back and in that space again. Philippa [Boyens] I think, is co-writing it and producing it. It\u2019s very much that core original group getting back together to tell this story that will feel like a really fun exploration of this character that we all love so much. And I\u2019m just really excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThe Hunt for Gollum\u201d, which will open in theaters Dec. 17, 2027, is being produced by Peter Jackson, who directed \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d and \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d trilogies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Andy Serkis is directing and once again starring in the title role, which he\u2019s been playing via motion capture since 2002\u2019s \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Elijah #Wood #play #Frodo #long #hes #alive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The Hunt for Gollum&#8217; will release in 2027 However, he is making it known that he does not want the part being taken over by any other actor. \u201cI certainly wouldn\u2019t want anybody else to play Frodo as long as I\u2019m alive and able\u201d, the actor recently told The Sunday Times. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t been officially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2948,4084,4083,1764,4086,3179,883,2418,3760,4085],"class_list":{"0":"post-4099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-alive","9":"tag-elijah","10":"tag-elijah-wood","11":"tag-film","12":"tag-frodo","13":"tag-hes","14":"tag-long","15":"tag-play","16":"tag-the-lord-of-the-rings","17":"tag-wood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}