

But this role was the start of something huge for CGI in films. When just signing up for the role actor Andy Serkis was relatively in the dark with the entire motion-capture concept in fact most of the movie industry was. The only thing we can think of is just an odd slimey creature, and yet Peter Jackson and the WETA Digital team brought him to life as that slimey creature and then some. In book The Hobbit, he is described as thin with only six teeth that are sharpened into points. Tolkien, describes his looks as either dark, sallow, or bone-white. When reading The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit it’s hard to picture what Gollum looks like in real life. One CGI masterpiece that comes to mind is Gollum in The Lord of the Rings.

Join us as we discuss CGI characters both good and bad. This month we investigate characters in film that are not made of flesh and bone, but bits and bytes born from hours of programming. Movielinx is an exploration and discussion of our personal connections with film. These articles will be notified by the Movielinx banner. Serkis currently stars opposite Idris Elba in “Luther: The Fallen Sun,” now streaming on Netflix.E ach month the Cinelinx staff will write a handful of articles covering a specified film-related topic. “We look forward to speaking with further to hear their vision for the franchise moving forward,” Jackson, Walsh and Boyens added in their statement. Jackson was behind all three “Rings” movies and all three “The Hobbit” movies, winning the Oscar for best director with “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” “kept us in the loop every step of the way” regarding the new “Lord of the Rings” movies. In a statement to Variety, Peter Jackson and his main “Lord of the Rings” collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens said Warner Bros. No additional information was given by the studio, meaning it’s anyone’s guess whether the story will pick up before, after or during Peter Jackson’s original trilogy. surprised fans at the end of February when it announced that newly installed film studio leaders Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy brokered a deal to make “multiple” films based on J. While Amazon Prime Video is currently filming the second season of its series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” Warner Bros. Serkis added, “Middle-earth has never left me.”
