Peter Jackson, huh? I guess that means it’s not Amazon. I could be into this.

Anime Lord of the Rings? How has that not already been done? I mean it kind of has, right?

This looks really cool. I like the character design.

FUCK YEAH HELM HAMMERHAND LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO

Helm’s Deep wooooo

wait

Who’s the girl?

I don’t remember her being in the story.

This… this isn’t how it happens at all...

*sigh* goddammit…

Gittins and Papageorgiou re-wrote the script, which is based on details in the appendices of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings (1954–55) covering the history of Rohan’s rulers. They chose to focus on Helm’s unnamed daughter, whom they called Héra for the film.

–The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Wikipedia

I mean, it also says that the script expands on the character of Frealaf, who becomes King of Rohan in Tolkein’s appendices, and that the writers didn’t want to depict the girl “as a “warrior princess” which they said had become a common trope.” So maaaaaaybe it won’t be dreadful.

Hell of a whiplash though. The Wages of Fandom.