A new Lord of the Rings film, The Hunt for Gollum, will hit theaters in 2026

Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy came out right around the time movie studios decided everything needed to be a big franchise that exists in perpetuity. From that perspective, it's a little surprising that Warner Bros. Discovery hasn't milked Tolkien's work more than they already have. That'll change soon, though, as the company just announced that there are two new Lord of the Rings films in the works (you can read the full press release here). The first is tentatively titled Lord...