Lord of the Rings: War Of the Rohirrim To Arrive On Digital Tomorrow

Lord of the Rings: War Of the Rohirrim is getting a fast track to home viewing, with a digital release set for tomorrow. Warner Bros. announced that the animated Lord of the Rings film will arrive on VOD and digital on December 27th, just two weeks after its theatrical release date.

The digital release comes after it disappointed at the box office, opening to $4.6 million. It has grossed a total of $7.9 million domestically and $15.8 million worldwide against a reported $30 million budget.

The film is directed by Kenji Kamiyama from a screenplay by Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou. It stars the voices of Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, and Miranda Otto and is described as follows:

In the film, 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy, a sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg. Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.