The Hunt For Gollum: LOTR: Made by fans for fans

I was listening to National Public Radio and was fascinated by this story. A non-profit fan made prequel to the Lord of the Rings. Director Chris Bouchard with the help of other fans are set to release a high definition 40 minute movie called "The Hunt For Gollum" over the internet Sunday May 3. There's some backlash as to copyright laws, but everything seems a go for Sunday, so I guess we'll see.

NPR link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103673352
The Hunt For Gollum - Movie Blog http://hunt4gollum.blogspot.com/
Dailymotion states it will show the full 40 minute movie when released: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8znyl_trailer-2-the-hunt-for-gollum_shortfilms
The main link seems to be down.

Here's a trailer.

I was listening to National Public Radio and was fascinated by this story. A non-profit fan made prequel to the Lord of the Rings. Director Chris Bouchard with the help of other fans are set to release a high definition 40 minute movie called "The Hunt For Gollum" over the internet Sunday May 3. There's some backlash as to copyright laws, but everything seems a go for Sunday, so I guess we'll see.

NPR link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103673352
The Hunt For Gollum - Movie Blog http://hunt4gollum.blogspot.com/
Dailymotion states it will show the full 40 minute movie when released: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8znyl_trailer-2-the-hunt-for-gollum_shortfilms
The main link seems to be down.

Here's a trailer.

Only 40 minutes with no original actors? That bites.

That's very impressive for a fan-made flick. I even liked their vision for some of the characters more, though not having Mortensen play Strider/Aragorn is an unfortunate necessity. Nonetheless, the actors cast as the main ensemble seem to be really going for gold from what I can see.

"Only 40 minutes with no original actors? That bites."

"Only 40 minutes with no original actors? That bites."

Looks absolutely awesome. Looking forward for it. 

This looks amazing for a fan made movie...Looks pretty damn awesome.

Fanfilm :|

I do loves me some LOTR though, and this seems to be of high production values, so I might have to check this out.

Looks way better than I would have guessed from the description, I'm totally checking it out if I remember

Meh, looks cheap. I say that as a fan of Tolkien's work.

why?

"Meh, looks cheap. I say that as a fan of Tolkien's work."

"Only 40 minutes with no original actors? That bites."

Considering they're pretty much amateurs, that's pretty damn good.  But, not a LOTR fan.  Sorry.

Gollum voice could have been better but overall it looks and sounds great.

Ok, It's fan made.  :P  My bad.  They did pretty good then with what they had.  At least you can tell who the characters are.

WOW THAT LOOKED FUCKING AWESOME!

Whoever made that trailer or HELPED make it, needs a job in making movie trailers.

Incredible that this was made by a low budget team.

Here's the full version. http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x8znyl/video/x93zji_the-hunt-for-gollum-hd-version_shortfilms?hmz=74616272656c61746564


It's not bad, but it does scream of more. I found it a nice appendage too the movies.

i heard lawsuit

I'm really impressed, fan made movies seem to be getting better and better.