The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Upcoming anime fantasy film
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| March 1 2025 | Made its television debut on HBO. |
| February 28 2025 | Began streaming on Max streaming platform. |
| February 18 2025 | Blu-ray release, featuring featurettes about the film's production. |
| 2024 | The film was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation at the Golden Reel Awards, recognizing the sound editing work of a team of 10 professionals including Brent Burge, Martin Kwok, Matt Stutter, and others. |
| December 2024 | Soundtrack album featuring Stephen Gallagher's score is scheduled for release. |
| December 27 2024 | Digital platform release, 14 days after US theatrical debut. |
| December 13 2024 | Film released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| December 5 2024 | Film released theatrically in international markets by Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| December 3 2024 | Film premiered at Leicester Square, London. |
| December 3 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim premiered. |
| November 15 2024 | 'The Rider' is digitally released by WaterTower Music, accompanied by an official music video. |
| October 2024 | More film footage was shown during a panel at New York Comic Con, moderated by Stephen Colbert. The panel featured the film's creators and cast, and a motion poster inspired by the film's artwork was released online. |
| October 2024 | Original song 'The Rider' is announced, written by Gittins and David Long, and to be performed by Paris Paloma. |
| October 2024 | Animation work for The War of the Rohirrim was completed by late October. |
| October 3 2024 | Stephen Gallagher completes his work on the film's musical score. |
| August 2024 | First trailer was released online, opening with footage from Jackson's films and Shore's music for Rohan before introducing the film's story and visuals. |
| August 28 2024 | Final music recording sessions at Angel Studios and Air-Edel Studios are completed. |
| August 20 2024 | Music recording in New Zealand concludes, featuring performances by harpist Michelle Velvin and singer Barbara Paterson. |
| July 2024 | Chou and DeMarco discussed the film during a Tolkien fan website panel at San Diego Comic-Con, showing footage and providing first official merchandise to attendees. |
| June 2024 | Peter Jackson introduced a panel for the film via video message at the Annecy Film Festival, moderated by Andy Serkis. The team showed 20 minutes of footage from the start of the film. |
| June 2024 | The film's runtime had expanded to two-and-a-half hours from its original planned 90-minute length. More than 60 companies were involved in completing the animation work. |
| June 2024 | Death of Birgit Kroencke, Christopher Lee's wife, after which producers received permission to use Lee's archival recording for Saruman's voice. |
| June 2024 | Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh were credited as executive producers for the film. |
| May 2024 | Additional music recording continues, including sessions at Angel Studios and recording with the Tudor Consort choral group. |
| April 12 2024 | Original scheduled theatrical release date for the film before delays. |
| March 2024 | Music recording begins with the Stroma ensemble for wind and string instruments. Brass instruments and taiko drums are recorded at Angel Recording Studios in London, while crumhorns and shawms are recorded at Air-Edel Recording Studios. Karen Bentley Pollick records Hardanger fiddle parts remotely from Mexico. |
| June 2023 | Kamiyama, Boyens, Chou, and DeMarco discussed the film and showed unfinished footage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, receiving positive responses for its visual style. |
| February 2023 | Stephen Gallagher begins composing the score for The War of the Rohirrim, continuing Howard Shore's musical style and reprising the Rohan theme from the original Lord of the Rings film trilogy. |
| June 2022 | Additional cast members announced, including Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, and others, with their specific character roles revealed. |
| June 2022 | Main cast was revealed, including Miranda Otto reprising her role as Éowyn to narrate the film. |
| February 2022 | First look at the film's concept art was revealed, showing the visual influence of Peter Jackson's films. |
| February 2022 | Anticipation of cast details revelation after February. |
| June 2021 | Sola Entertainment began work on the film's animation when the project was first announced. |
| June 2021 | Film announced, with casting process beginning for The War of the Rohirrim animated film. |
| June 2021 | The film was first announced, with development fast-tracked to prevent New Line from losing film adaptation rights for Tolkien's novels. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, Philippa Boyens asked her daughter Phoebe Gittins and writing partner Arty Papageorgiou to re-write the screenplay for The War of the Rohirrim. |
| 2018 | Hera Hilmar starred in Mortal Engines, which inspired the naming of the film's protagonist Héra by Fran Walsh. |
| June 2015 | Christopher Lee's death, marking the end of his original portrayal of Saruman. |
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