Is the 2025 Lord of the Rings movie starring Tom Holland real or fake? New speculation explained

Due to a trailer for a Lord of the rings With the film starring Tom Holland circulating on the internet, many are now wondering whether a new Middle-earth film is in the works for 2025.

Is Tom Holland in the next Lord of the Rings movie?

A recent trailer released on YouTube sparked speculation that Tom Holland could be taking on the lead role of Frodo Baggins in a new film Lord of the rings Film that would be released in 2025.

The trailer also suggested that Jacob Batalon (who starred alongside Holland in the MCUs). Spider-Man trilogy) would also join the cast as Frodo's best friend and traveling companion Samwise Gamgee.

However, there has been no announcement regarding a new live-action from any studio, Holland or anyone representing him Lord of the rings Movie coming out in 2025, which means the trailer is absolutely fake.

What's notable is that the creator of the trailer simply took footage of Peter Jackson Lord of the rings trilogy and The Hobbit Trilogy to compose the footage, using AI software to give Frodo and Sam the appearance of Holland and Batalon.

However, fans should know that there are plans to release more upcoming projects Lord of the rings franchise, both on the big screen and in the form of TV shows.

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The future of the Lord of the Rings

The first season of was released on Amazon Prime Video in 2022 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerwhich stunned audiences with its incredibly high budget of $465 million.

The series delved into the Second Age of Middle-earth (which was largely told in JRR Tolkien's novels). The Silmarillion) and was based on information in the third party's appendices Lord of the rings novel with the title the return of the King.

Amazon Studios and showrunners Patrick McKay and JD Payne are currently planning The Rings of Power There will be five seasons in total, with Season 2 in development at the time of writing (read everything we know about Season 2 here).

Filming for Season 2 ended in July 2023, so it is possible that it will be released before the end of 2024, but no official release date or window has been announced.

In addition to The Rings of PowerFans can also return to Middle-earth when a brand new animated film hits theaters on December 13th.

Titled The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimThe film will bring to life the story of Helm Hammerhand when he was King of Rohan.

For fans who feel like they've heard the name before: Helm Hammerhand was the king after whom the fortress of Helm's Deep was named. It played an important role in it The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. His name is also mentioned in this film by King Théoden (portrayed by the late legendary Bernard Hill).

A new live-action series was also announced in February 2023 Lord of the rings At some point in the future, films produced by New Line Cinema (the production company behind the original Peter Jackson films) would be released.

However, no new news has been released about these films since the initial announcement, so they are likely still some way off and still in the very early stages of the development process.

So while Tom Holland won't be bringing his talents to Middle-earth next time Lord of the rings In this film, fans will be able to see both the actor and the film franchise on screen (separately, of course), and much more in the future.

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Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings The trilogy can be streamed on Max and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.