Venom 2 Trends After Lord of the Rings Gollum Movie News

Venom 2 is trending after today's Lord of the Rings movie news.

By Aaron Perine - May 9, 2024 03:24 pm EDT

Venom 2 is trending after the announcement of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. That's right, Warner Bros. is making a new live-action Lord of the Rings movie directed by Andy Serkis. Some of the promotional material pointed out that the beloved actor had previously directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage and the discourse began flying from there. Now, a lot of people enjoy the Venom franchise. There's absoltuely no question that Tom Hardy's fun movies are the shining success of Sony's live-action Spider-Verse spinoffs. But, the second one was reviewed a bit harshly. Will The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum be amazing? No one knows yet, but that little fact has gotten people talking.

"For over two-decades, moviegoers have embraced the Lord of the Rings film trilogy because of the undeniable devotion Peter, Fran and Philippa have shown towards protecting the legacy of Tolkien's works, and to ensure audiences could experience the incredible world he created in a way that honors his literary vision," Warner Bros. Motion Pictures heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy wrote in a statement this morning. "We are honored they have agreed be our partners on these two new films. With Andy coming aboard to direct Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum(*WT), we continue an important commitment to excellence that is a true hallmark of how we all want to venture ahead and further contribute to the Lord of the Rings cinematic history."

"Venom 2 director" Sony is weird as hell when it comes to making Spider-Man related films. I'm not about to hold Andy Serkis solely responsible for how Venom 2 turned out and Gollum is being written and produced by the same team that was behind the previous films so it's not even…
— PiScEs27 AKA: Gandalf's Apprentice (@Josh2Gud4U) May 9, 2024

Jackson, Walsh and Boyens continued, "It is an honour and a privilege to travel back to Middle-earth with our good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished business with that Stinker – Gollum! As life long fans of Professor Tolkien's vast mythology, we are proud to be working with Mike De Luca, Pam Abdy and the entire team at Warner Bros. on another epic adventure!"

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The resume is mostly amazing

Played Gollum MULTIPLE Times
Played Ceaser in Apes Trilogy
Directed that sick ass Mowgli Show
Venom 2 had MUCH better direction than Venom 1

Be quiet https://t.co/BDEQjaRG5o
— Toons (@NotMrCartoon) May 9, 2024

Questions persist

Why would you let the man who directed venom 2 direct a new lotr film??? https://t.co/uCNnwrLtcV
— Woo || cr: The Brothers Karamazov (@masterwoo_) May 9, 2024

Have to balance both

I have high hopes for this but Andy serkis also directed venom 2 https://t.co/RpaN8f4XY3
— dave (@smallencoopus) May 9, 2024

Defenders rise up

step FAR away from Venom 2. I will NOT tolerate SLANDER and LIBEL. https://t.co/HiDeck1xz0
— moony 🌙 (@moonyevil) May 9, 2024

He is a lot more, to be fair

People are actually reducing Andy Serkis to "the Venom 2 director". pic.twitter.com/gcQuySLejW
— Garrett Stanczak (@g_stanczak) May 9, 2024

Coming to a realization

Venom 2 might be one of the worst movies ever made 😭😭
— Asif 🇬🇾 (@arindustries2) May 9, 2024

Interesting dualities

“I’m so excited to see the new Lord of the Rings film from the director of Venom 2!” said no one ever. pic.twitter.com/LvblJA1q80
— Neil Lumbard (@NeilLumbard) May 9, 2024

Some perspective needed

We're seriously living in an era where people are shitting on Andy Serkis because they didn't like Venom 2? Get a grip lmao.
— DarthSpyro (@DarthSpyro_) May 9, 2024