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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: ARCANA UNLEASHED Sourcebook Has Arrived
- Wizards of the Coast just released a new Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook, Arcana Unleashed.
- The sourcebook expands the possibilities of D&D 5.5, introducing dozens of new spells and feats, as well as a range of backgrounds, factions, and subclasses players can use to build their characters.
- Nerdist‘s Take: This spell list is actually insane (positive), and the new subclasses, many of which fuse magic with martial, are very appealing to players like myself who usually avoid the more arcane side of Dungeons & Dragons.
On September 15th, the long-awaited Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook, Arcana Unleashed, finally hit shelves. TTRPG fans are clamoring over the eight new subclasses, nine new factions, and ten new available backgrounds. On top of that, the sourcebook introduces a whopping thirty-three new spells, and twenty-nine feats for players to explore. While the sourcebook focuses primarily on magic—hence the name—Wizards of the Coast hasn’t left martial classes out of the fun. I’m eyeing the Warrior of the Mystic Arts Monk, for instance. Punching the hell out of people, but with magic! What more could I ask for? Arcana Unleashed gives you the option to weave magic into pretty much any and all play-styles, making this a defining tome for D&D’s 5.5 iteration. Also, you can be a warlock serving a dead/dying god that follows you around as a familiar, or a ‘vestige’ as the sourcebook calls it. Isn’t that metal?
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The nine new factions are available for politicking, joining, or eradicating as you deem fit. Or as the DM deems fit, depending! The factions range across the eight different schools of magic, with varying alignments and motives to play with. We have everything from studious thieving scholars to enchanting (literally) socialites on offer. The factions are clearly made to be more than nameless quest-giving machines or one-time employers. This allows plenty of space for drama and intrigue built seamlessly into the game.
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How to Play D&D’s New Horror Campaign If You’re a WeenieHigh-level campaigns get some tender love and care as well. The book introduces several new, higher-level spells, many of which change the landscape of an encounter in an instant. As a believer in the Dungeon Crawler Carl method (blow sh*t up and leave), I’m a big fan of the new Level 9 Evocation spell Detonate. A new mass damage spell is always worth celebrating. Another highlight is Fractured Awareness, a Level 7 Divination spell that allows you to show an enemy terrifying futures inside their mind. Unless they make the intelligence saving throw, this spell deals massive psychic damage.
The book has beautiful illustrations, and much like Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, there are notes from the in-universe author scattered throughout the thick tome, adding a wealth of personality and charm. The authoress is demi-god Alustriel Silverquill, daughter of the goddess of magic. There’s plenty of lore drops and in-universe references that tie the sourcebook together wonderfully.
I’ve just barely scratched the surface of everything Arcana Unleashed has to offer. I’m excited to see how it will change the landscape of Dungeons & Dragons 5.5. Happy dungeon-crawling, y’all!
Jess Harshbarger writes about movies, TV, games, comics, and all things nerdy for Nerdist.The post DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: ARCANA UNLEASHED Sourcebook Has Arrived appeared first on Nerdist.
LEGO Is Finally Making a DRAGON BALL Set
- LEGO released a teaser revealing that their will be an upcoming Dragonball set.
- Fans have been begging for a Dragonball set for years, often pitching it to LEGO Ideas.
- Nerdist’s Take: There are a million possibilities for a Dragonball LEGO set, and we’re hype to see what LEGO comes up with!
LEGO just dropped a sneaky teaser in our laps for a Dragonball LEGO set. The teaser only reveals the seven dragonballs, but sometimes a little says a lot. Fans are rejoicing after years of pitching their own Dragonball creations on LEGO Ideas. Their collaboration with Toei Animation, the studio behind Dragonball, is bound to have anime and LEGO fans alike grabbing their wallets.
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— レゴ ジャパン公式 (@LEGO_Group_JP) September 22, 2026LEGO has been on-fire with crossovers lately, and a few other anime-related sets may be on the horizon. Yu-Gi-Oh! is coming to the world of LEGO before too long as a LEGO Ideas set. There’s noise about a Naruto set as well, but nothing has been officially confirmed. (I’m crossing all my fingers and toes, though.)
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An Ode to Akira Toriyama and the Enduring Global Legacy of DRAGON BALLLEGO partnered with Netflix last year with their series of One Piece sets based on the live-action show. This marked LEGO’s first venture into the anime world. The sets, released in 2025, have done numbers for LEGO, showing that anime fans are enthusiastic about the properties they love no matter the medium. LEGO released fourteen One Piece sets, with everything from Garp’s Marine Battleship to Hiriluk’s Hideout. Upon release, they sold-out almost immediately.
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The possibilities are endless for Dragonball LEGO sets. Will we see a Castle of God set? We’ll surely get little brick versions of beloved characters like Goku, Krillin, Piccolo, and Vegeta. A big ol’ Golden Great Ape set—one of Goku’s Dragonball GT Saiyan transformations—would be insanely cool. And I’m willing to bet money we’ll see an appearance from Shenron, the series’ eponymous dragon.
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The sky is the limit when it comes to anime/manga partnerships with LEGO. I have a beautiful dream of being able to build The Bebop from Cowboy Bebop someday. Or maybe a BLAME! set with ever-releasing additions…okay, sorry, ignore me on that one. Let’s get hype for Dragonball LEGOs and stay hopeful for the future!
Jess Harshbarger writes about movies, TV, games, comics, and all things nerdy for Nerdist.The post LEGO Is Finally Making a DRAGON BALL Set appeared first on Nerdist.
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George Lucas Defends STAR WARS Special Edition Changes
- While doing press for his Museum of Narrative Art, George Lucas recalls how upset fans got over the changes he made to the original Star Wars trilogy years later.
- Once again, George Lucas pointed out that the original Star Wars trilogy was never finished, just released to hit a release deadline. The Special Editions are what he considers his finished version.
- Nerdist’s take: If fan backlash over the Star Wars Special Editions caused George Lucas to sell Lucasfilm so he could focus on his amazing museum, maybe it was all for the best.
It’s been nearly three decades since George Lucas released his Star Wars trilogy Special Editions. And the acclaimed creator and filmmaking pioneer is still talking about how much hate he received from the public for making the changes he did. While doing press for his new (and amazing) Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the subject of his tinkering with his original films came up again. And once more, Lucas mentioned how many fans found themselves upset with him over the changes. Here’s what he said in an interview with CBS (via IGN) about how he never saw his Star Wars films as finished:
Most movies aren’t finished, they’re simply yanked out of your hands and put in the theaters. So you’re always saying ‘oh, I wish I could have just finished that one piece of thing.’ But it’s not that way. You have a deadline, you’ve got to make the deadline. But then I went back, after Star Wars, and redid all the movies, in terms of finishing them. So that they’re actually finished. And of course, a lot of people got upset about that, because they said ‘you’re not allowed to do that.’ I said ‘fans are doing that. They’re making alternate versions and all kinds of stuff.
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Lucas has a point there. If anyone has permission to make Star Wars content of any kind, it’s the franchise’s creator. We think he misunderstands why people were angry, however. It’s not that he made an alternate cut, which is totally his right. It’s that he put the original version in a vault and shut the door. A vault that has remained closed until next year. Because that’s when Lucasfilm releases the original 1977 version in theaters for its 50th anniversary.
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Nerdist’s Take: If Star Wars Fan Backlash Led to Lucas Focusing on His Museum, Maybe It Was All for the Best
The backlash from the Special Editions (and especially the prequels) was so bad, Lucas chose to walk away from it, sell Lucasfilm to Disney, and focus on his museum. Even though he recently confirmed he did, in fact, have three more films in mind. (Again, after a decade of saying Revenge of the Sith was the end. The man loves to change his mind). But because he ultimately chose to let go, he was able to build this museum. And it will likely stand far longer than any new Star Wars films are being made. As they say, sometimes things happen for a reason.
Eric Diaz is a staff writer at Nerdist and a Swiss Army knife of fandoms. Eric loves DC, Marvel, horror movies, and even Star Wars and Star Trek equally.The post George Lucas Defends STAR WARS Special Edition Changes appeared first on Nerdist.
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Is Taylor Swift’s 35th Version of LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL an Insult to Fans?
- We like Taylor Swift’s music well enough, but we have to ask: is releasing The Life of a Showgirl‘s 35th version an insult to fans?
- At one point or another, you’ve probably released enough variants of your album, and it feels like The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore is that limit.
- This massive amount of releases feels like it’s insulting to fandom and bad for the music industry (and any industry) as a whole.
Listen, I know this is a little bit off-topic for Nerdist dot com. We don’t really cover Taylor Swift. But we do cover fans and fandom. And let me tell you, if a TV series we write about was releasing its 35th version of practically the same episodes, I really feel like we’d have something to say about it. So, as a person who loves fans, I really have to wonder: is Taylor Swift releasing a 35th version of The Life of a Showgirl kind of an insult to the people who love her the most?
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I wouldn’t say I’m a Swiftie. But I went to the Eras Tour, and I enjoy Taylor Swift’s music. This is not a directed attack on Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift just happens to be the person who has released 27 physical editions (18 CDs, eight vinyl LPs, and one cassette) and seven digital download versions of the same album. And has now added one more to that total with the addition of four new songs, “Patient Zero,” “Cleveland!,” “Pink Clouding,” and “Babylon.”
But more to the point, I’m a Fannibal; I’m part of the Beautifully Unwell; I’m a huge The Lord of the Rings fan, and I’ve been in one fandom or another my whole life. I LIVE to buy merch. At points in the heights of my fannish love, I might have bought anything from my fandom of choice. (As long as it was cute.) I go to cons and buy fan art I don’t need all of the time. I understand fans live for merch and creators live to sell fans merch—that’s a natural part of fandom. But THIRTY-FIVE VERSIONS of an almost identical album? Where does putting out merch for your fandom end and taking advantage of your fandom begin? And yes, for now you can just listen to this album on Spotify, but we bet there will be ten different physical releases just around the corner.
And now, obviously, Taylor Swift isn’t making any single person buy all thirty-five versions of The Life of a Showgirl or however many editions of The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore there end up being. (The whole thing is strangely reminiscent of Avengers Endgame: Encore—something, we also, by the way, were not thrilled by). But when you have the love and obsession of so many fans, many of whom are young, you have a modicum of responsibility to not squeeze them for every penny or utility they’re worth. I mean, don’t we get enough of that from every angle? Do we really need it from beloved artists too? Obviously, Taylor Swift isn’t totally alone in this, other artists have put out quite a number of variants as well, of late, but none that I’ve seen get even close to this number.
It also feels especially bad when the most likely purpose of this The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore re-release is to artificially inflate sales or listens. And that’s not good for fandom, and it’s not good for the industry overall. As we talk about with streaming price hikes, password-sharing crackdowns, and ads, once one person starts pulling these kinds of shenanigans, other people are sure to follow. And that’s a journey that ends badly for the fans first.
Anyway, don’t come for me, Swifties. This isn’t a personal attack on Taylor Swift. But 35 releases of one album is a wacky thing to do! But hey, if it makes you happy, you can pre-order it today.
Rotem Rusak is the Editor-in-Chief at Nerdist. She is a great lover of the anti-hero and is always ready for a new ship to set sail. In her work, she likes to combine fandom passion with journalistic sensibilities. Follow her on Instagram.The post Is Taylor Swift’s 35th Version of LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL an Insult to Fans? appeared first on Nerdist.
Come Inside a Model Test Room at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
- Nerdist was among a very small handful of media taken inside a remodeled room currently being beta tested in Art of Animation’s Little Mermaid building, something few people will ever see.
- We also saw concept art for the remodeled rooms planned for The Lion King building at Art of Animation.
- Nerdist’s Take: While seeing a model room few others will ever get a chance to experience was fun and informative, getting a new appreciation of the work Imagineers do was even better.
It’s impossible not to appreciate Disney Imagineering when you’re in the parks. They are the main attraction of any visit, and eery ride, land, restaurant, building, and piece of decor in the parks is a reflection of Imagineers. But recently I got a unique chance to see another way they influence a major aspect of any visit. Nerdist was among the small handful of press allowed into a model Little Mermaid room currently being tested at Walt Disney World’s Art of Animation Resort. And seeing it made me realize I wasn’t paying enough attention to all the ways Imagineers immerse you in a Disney story.
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Executives talk about Art of Animation with genuine reverence. Multiple cast members, independently of one another, used the word “special” to describe the large family-friendly resort when Disney hosted my family there recently. We were at Walt Disney World for “Stay in the Magic,” an event dedicated to highlighting the advantages of staying at a Disney property. During out visit I was also able to see something few, even those who work there, ever will: a model testing room.
Art of Animation opened in 2012 and has four different themed buildings of guest rooms. Three—Cars, The Lion King, Finding Nemo—feature family suites. The fourth is The Little Mermaid, which consists of standard rooms. Earlier this year, Disney announced that building would undergo a massive remodel. It’s the hotel’s first-ever major, top-to-bottom room refurbishment. (It’s also another project in what Walt Disney World’s ongoing focus to reinvest in classic rides and resorts. Recent examples include the major overhauls of Big Thunder Mountain and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. Next year, a new version of the Carousel of Progress will also open at Magic Kingdom.)
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Back in May, when execs announced the refurbishment, these new rooms only existed in concept art. Now they exists as two fully furnished rooms inside the Little Mermaid building. Disney built them for beta testing. During our tour, hosted by the Imagineers leading the project, press was not given or allowed to take any images of the room because it’s not yet in its final version. But it is a full room. It’s been used by employees and their hosting families. Cast members, executives, and Imagineers have been staying there to see what works and what can be improved. What Disney ultimately settles on could be very different from what I got to see. But I doubt much will change.
The room is already a vast improvement over the current Little Mermaid rooms. (It’s no surprise this building is getting the first upgrade. It’s the one that needs it most.) Themed as an “Under the Sea” celebration, it’s full of character paintings on every wall. The aquatic color scheme is also lighter, brighter, and more varied than the current edition. The decor, while still overly playful, is also a significant upgrade. The model room hasn’t abandoned the joyful ethos of the current style, but it looks fancier and more expensive. The bureau is also much longer and that curtain divider for the bathroom is thankfully gone.
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There are also fun touches throughout, like how the bureau has fork handles, a wonderful nod to Ariel’s misunderstanding of human items. My favorite element was a multi-dimensional custom light fixture that looks like the sun reflecting from above the water. It’s one of the many small aspects that really sells the theming of the room. You’re meant to feel like you’re under the sea with Ariel and her friends and you do. Some of those sea creatures are also hiding in spots meant for little ones to find. I only saw them because Imagineers cited them as one of their favorite special parts. That led me to searching for them at a toddler’s eye level.
The room is also more practical while being even more fun for kids. The model room provides much more space than a current Little Mermaid room despite the size of the room not changing. To help make Ariel’s rooms feel bigger, they are turning one of the two Queen-sized beds into a Murphy bed. That’s a fun feature on its own, as my 5-year-old found when we showed him how the table in our Cars suite was secretly hiding a bed in the wall. (Guess where he insisted on sleeping after seeing that?) In a Little Mermaid room, during the day a Murphy bed will allow for both a lot more space and a place to sit and eat. It’s a much needed pragmatic improvement for adults that also makes it more enjoyable for kids.
To get a sense of the layout, you can see what the recently refurbished rooms at the neighboring Pop Century Resort look like. The model room follows this general design from Pop Century seen below. But Art of Animation’s model room is much more immersive, colorful, and kid-focused. The Little Mermaid room is geared for families with youngsters, which is what Art of Animation does best.
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After seeing the model room, we then headed to a presentation inside a current Lion King suite. It’s the next AoA building getting remodeled rooms. (The plan is to then do the same for the Finding Nemo and Cars buildings.) The new Lion King suite is still in the concept art stage. Imagineers say a model room is still at least a few months away. What we saw of the design is a more modern, more sophisticated, and lighter room. The current suites feature a very dark green, cartoon-like jungle vibe. This is what a current Lion King suite looks like. The decor had me singing “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King.” (I wish I were joking.) The art for the new design feels like the complete opposite. It’s much more modern, adult-oriented and calming.
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When I pointed this big difference between the old design and the new one to the Imagineer leading the Lion King project, she said that’s very intentional. She described the general idea as “whimsical but tranquil.” It was a perfect description for the concept. But that would be totally wrong to describe the model Little Mermaid room which feels like its hosting a party. And that’s the point.
Imagineers, who consult with their predecessors who designed the original rooms, aren’t trying to make every Art of Animation building the same with only the IP changing. They’re trying to create something unique in each so that every stay feels different. They’re also trying to provide options so every guest, each with their own needs and preferences, can find what works best for them. If you have very young kids, the new “Under the Sea” rooms will appeal to them more than the serene approach Disney is taking with its refurbished Lion King suites.
For some it won’t matter which room they book, and I get it. The parks are always and forever the main attraction of any visit, and some guests view their room as “the place they sleep” and nothing more. I don’t and never have. I like when my room has a clear theme and vibe. But after getting a peak behind the test curtain I realize that, even though I do care about my hotel, its theming, and those fun extra touches that envelop you in the Disney bubble, I wasn’t paying enough attention to a side of Imagineering I’ve taken for granted.
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Most (all?) of my conversations both with and about Imagineers has always been about what they do in the parks. But, like anyone who stays on property, the parks are just one aspect of any stay. The “story” of being at Disney doesn’t start or end when you enter or leave a theme park. It starts and ends in the place you start and end your day. And Imagineers put as much work, care, and passion into those resorts as they do the parks for that reason.
When I got back from my tour of the model Little Mermaid room and the Lion King suite refurbishment presentations, I started looking around my Cars suite. Despite it being my second time staying there I noticed things I never had before. There were fixtures I hadn’t paid attention to, both on the wall and on the furniture. I had somehow missed “obvious” things like the orange cone that holds up an end table. I had “seen” those elements dozens of times without processing them. The same was true when I then walked around the entire resort, something I hadn’t done before, the morning we left. I saw decorations and statues on buildings I had never thought to look at. I felt silly for having missed them, as though I had robbed myself of one of the best reasons to be on property.
Disney wanted press to see its model room to help publicize a big refurbishment coming to a signature resort. That was fun and informative, but it wasn’t what I found most interesting about the experience. Not as someone obsessed with Imagineering. After getting a chance to learn firsthand just how much storytelling, real-world testing, and tinkering goes into a single room in a single building at a single resort, I won’t make the mistake of taking that for granted again.
Mikey Walsh is a staff writer at Nerdist. You can follow Mikey on Bluesky at @burgermike. And also anywhere someone is ranking the Targaryen kings.The post Come Inside a Model Test Room at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort appeared first on Nerdist.
New Comic Will Resolve ’90s SPIDER-MAN: TAS Cliffhanger
- After 30 years, original Spider-Man: The Animated Series showrunner John Semper returns to resolve the iconic ’90s series’ cliffhanger ending in a new comic book one-shot.
- After holding on to ideas for a potential sixth season of Spider-Man: TAS for nearly 30 years, John Semper will tell that story in Spider-Man ’94 Annual #1, set before last year’s Spider-Man ’94 mini-series.
- Nerdist’s take: Fans who grew up with Spider-Man: TAS have waited patiently for a resolution to that big cliffhanger ending, and Marvel has found a great way to tell that original story.
Last year, Marvel Comics announced a five-part Spider-Man ’94 mini-series, one that would resolve the cliffhanger ending of the iconic ’90s Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Millennial fans might remember that cartoon ended with Peter Parker’s beloved MJ lost in the Multiverse. With Madame Web’s help, Spidey goes to find her. But that storyline was never resolved. The series, written by Justice League International writer J.M. DeMatteis, took place after Peter brought Mary Jane home, but never explained how Peter ever found her. Now, Marvel has announced that original Spider-Man: TAS showrunner John Semper will finally tell that story in Spider-Man ’94 Annual #1, with art by Alessio Cammardella.
You can read the official synopsis for Spider-Man ’94 Annual #1, and check out the cover art, below:
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John Semper Returns to Reunite Spider-Man With Mary Jane!
Last year, we brought you a continuation of the acclaimed Spider-Man: The Animated Series — now, a tale thirty years in the making, original showrunner John Semper returns to bring his vision for the reunion of Peter and Mary Jane to the page! Joined by artist Alessio Cammardella, the team brings to life the moments directly after the season-six cliffhanger for Spider-Man: The Animated Series and before the Spider-Man ’94 comic series! You’re not going to want to miss this one, Web-Heads! You’ve waited long enough!
John Semper Jr. made his official announcement of his return to the Spider-Man: TAS world via social media. When the first Spider-Man ’94 mini-series was announced last year, Semper made it clear that he was not involved, and that Marvel Comics had not contacted him. Clearly, they have since grown wiser and brought in Semper to finish his story some three decades later. The cover indicates Green Goblin, Carnage, and Madame Web will have some involvement in the story.
I'm thrilled to announce that with the upcoming Spider-Man '94 Annual #1, I will be returning to the world of Spider-Man. After 30 years, I'm finally getting to resolve the ending of my iconic animated series and tell the story of Peter finding Mary Jane. I want to thank everyone… pic.twitter.com/dxgfGZrZIc
— John Semper Jr. (@johnsemper) September 23, 2026
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Speaking with Comic Book Resources, Semper said, “I left that tiny little door open, in case Fox came to me and said, ‘We want to do 13 more half-hours.’ I thought, ‘Oh, good. I’ll pick up with Peter finding Mary Jane.’ I didn’t realize what kind of trauma it was going to cause for millions of children across the world that I didn’t give them closure. So this is my gift to them. This is me giving them that closure.”
Nerdist’s Take: We Hope Spider-Man ’94 Leads to Some Kind of Animated Follow-UpCould this mean Marvel brings us a Spider-Man ’94 animated series similar to X-Men ’97? We think it would be a no-brainer for Disney+. The first season of X-Men: The Animated Series actually let fans know that Spidey and MJ reunited by the time the events of that show take place. Maybe at some point, we’ll at least get an animated special. Here’s hoping these comics finding success could eventually lead to that.
Spider-Man ’94 Annual #1 arrives on December 9.
Eric Diaz is a staff writer at Nerdist and a Swiss Army knife of fandoms. Eric loves DC, Marvel, horror movies, and even Star Wars and Star Trek equally.The post New Comic Will Resolve ’90s SPIDER-MAN: TAS Cliffhanger appeared first on Nerdist.
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Frodo Returns to Shire in LOTR: HUNT FOR GOLLUM First-Look Images
- The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum first-look images reveal Elijah Wood’s Frodo returning to the Shire.
- In total, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum revealed 10 first-look images from the movie, including several of the other Hobbits and the Shire.
- Nerdist Take: These The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum images reveal that the spirit of the The Lord of the Rings movies is alive in The Hunt for Gollum and get us into an autumnal mood.
- Learn More: For all the details we know on The Hunt for Gollum, explore our piece here.
Soon, a cherished December tradition will return to us. In December 2027, a new The Lord of the Rings movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, will arrive in theaters. But the truth is that, even though watching The Lord of the Rings movies in theaters is a Christmas-time activity, it’s also something of a cherished fall tradition. Not only is Hobbit Day celebrated on September 22, the birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, but there’s an autumnal sensibility to Middle-earth. Hobbits embody the harvest and the warmth of fall. And elves bring to life the beauty of the changing trees. And that’s why we’re thrilled to celebrate the start of autumn this year with first-look images from The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. And yes, that is Frodo Baggins in the Shire we see in this first-look from The Hunt for Gollum movie.
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Frodo Appears in First-Look Image from The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Why yes, that is Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins heading into Bag End. And doesn’t seeing Frodo in front of that iconic green door just fill you with all kinds of warm, nostalgic feelings? And YES, it makes sense for Elijah Wood’s Frodo to be present in the Shire in these The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum first-look images. The Hunt for Gollum actually takes place after Bilbo’s Eleventy-First birthday and before Frodo ever leaves the Shire, and then slides into what we’ve already seen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. That means, Wood’s Frodo spends most of his time in the Shire during the timeline of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum… And we’re very happy to see him. If you want to know more, pick up your copy of The Fellowship of the Ring today and explore Gandalf’s conversation with Frodo about the Ring as well as his recounting of his and Aragorn’s adventures at the Council of Elrond.
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The rest of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum‘s first-look images take us back to the Shire. Hobbits galore! Pumpkins! And all kinds of autumnal majesty. It’s just as we left it. And it really does feel like our home away from home. Would that all our fall celebrations looked just like this. We haven’t seen too much from The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum yet—but we can absolutely sense that iconic spirit of The Lord of the Rings drenching these images. It feels just right. There are 10 first-look images of Hunt for Gollum in total, so savor every one.
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Even though The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum won’t release until December 17, 2027, these first-look images have truly gotten us in the -ber month spirit.
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Rotem Rusak is the Editor-in-Chief at Nerdist. She is a great lover of the anti-hero and is always ready for a new ship to set sail. In her work, she likes to combine fandom passion with journalistic sensibilities. Follow her on Instagram.The post Frodo Returns to Shire in LOTR: HUNT FOR GOLLUM First-Look Images appeared first on Nerdist.