
Kate Winslet Signs On to Lead Serkis’ Middle-earth Gollum Tale
Kate Winslet is set to star as the female lead in Andy Serkis’s The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum, joining Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Elijah Wood as Frodo; the film is set between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring and will shoot in New Zealand for five months from May to October 2026, with a December 17, 2027 release, while Winslet’s exact role remains under wraps.

