{"id":6402,"date":"2026-07-13T20:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=6402"},"modified":"2026-07-13T20:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:23:52","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-only-use-ai-for-de-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/13\/lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-only-use-ai-for-de-aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to only use AI for &#8216;some of the de-aging&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly after Peter Jackson said he doesn\u2019t dislike AI as a tool in filmmaking, Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum director Andy Serkis has confirmed that the movie will only use artificial intelligence for one purpose: de-aging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hunt for Gollum is the first new live-action Lord of the Rings movie since Jackson wrapped up The Hobbit trilogy in 2014. Directed by Serkis, who is also reprising his iconic role as Gollum, the film is set between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It follows Aragorn and Gandalf as they race to find Gollum before he can reveal the location of the One Ring to Sauron, with the story expanding on events that were only briefly referenced in JRR Tolkien\u2019s original work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/05\/29\/celebrity-billionaires-ranked-by-net-worth-as-hailey-bieber-joins-exclusive-club-of-top-earners\/\">Jackson<\/a> isn\u2019t detached from the project, as he\u2019ll be serving as producer alongside longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6405\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6405\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32-7.jpg\" alt=\"Frodo in Lord of the Rings\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32-7-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32-7-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: New Line Cinema<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a new interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/global\/andy-serkis-animal-farm-ai-hunt-for-gollum-motion-capture-1236809573\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Serkis revealed that the film is well on track for its 2027 release date. \u201cWe\u2019ve literally just completed a week,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re finally up and running, so it\u2019s great. It\u2019s really exciting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The topic of conversation turned to AI\u2019s use in creative work, with the filmmaker explaining, \u201cI think AI as a creative tool is, as long as it\u2019s not exploitative and as long as it\u2019s not harming anybody or defaming anybody or telling mistruths, is valuable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for reference material, say, in the old days you get reference images for something. Well, now you can prompt something and get a result. And I don\u2019t have any problem with that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serkis condemned the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/tag\/ai\/\">AI<\/a> when people are not compensated for the work they\u2019ve done or when it\u2019s used in nefarious ways. But \u201cif we teach AI well, then it can help us across many industries,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked if AI is being used in the Lord of the Rings movie, Serkis replied, \u201cNot at present, other than some of the de-aging. There\u2019s a little bit of de-aging for some of the characters and machine learning is part of the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you think about it, in the original Lord of the Rings films, Peter created MASSIVE, which was a program which allowed 1000s of orcs to all have their own individual mindset. So that is a brilliant example of an incredible use of AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6404\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6404\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30-2.jpg\" alt=\"Anya Taylor-Joy in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30-2-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/30-2-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut we\u2019re not creating AI shots in our movie, every shot is created in a traditional way. One of the things actually that I really wanted to do with this film was to bring back all of the great filmmaking skills, from miniatures to prosthetics and marry them up, because that\u2019s my taste.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the original cast from the movies are set to reprise their roles in The Hunt for Gollum, including Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Elijah Wood as Frodo and Lee Pace as Thranduil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it would make sense for the de-aging process to be used in these cases. But Serkis wouldn\u2019t reveal who is getting the treatment, simply saying, \u201cI\u2019m not telling you!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although AI\u2019s use in art is normally a contentious topic, many fans believe this to be an appropriate example.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAI is perfect for de-aging,\u201d wrote one commenter. \u201cIt should get a complete and utter free pass for that. Having an artist sit and de-age someone must be a horrific chore. Let them work on something fun instead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI mean de-aging I&#8217;m alright with as long as it\u2019s not full on AI,\u201d said another, while a third added, \u201cEvery single VFX tool these days uses AI for some part of the processing. This isn&#8217;t generative AI.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: Anthony Harvey\/Shutterstock\/New Line Cinema<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans&#8217; response has been surprising<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[131,4,276,110],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-6402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ai","tag-film","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to only use AI for &#039;some of the de-aging&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum director Andy Serkis has confirmed that the movie will only use AI for one purpose: de-aging.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/13\/lord-of-the-rings-the-hunt-for-gollum-only-use-ai-for-de-aging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to only use AI for &#039;some of the de-aging&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fans&#039; 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