Production has officially begun on “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum,” with Warner Bros. releasing the first footage of Andy Serkis back in character as the ring-obsessed creature.
The brief behind-the-scenes video offers an early glimpse at Serkis on the film’s set as he sifts through the script and asks a nearby production assistant, “What are we gonna start with?”
“Uhh, Scene 1, the beginning,” he responds.
“That’s a very good place to start,” Serkis says.
Wearing a motion capture suit, he then lowers himself into a spider-like crouch, hunches his shoulders and curls his lips into the character’s famous feral snarl. “Action!” The teaser cuts to a cinematic drone shot of New Zealand’s craggy mountains, where production is currently underway.
