The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Trailer Showcases an Older Tale of Rohan

Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema debuted the first trailer for the upcoming original anime feature, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The upcoming feature returns audiences to the realm of Middle-Earth, brought to live in the epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on the classic books by J.R.R. Tolkien. You can check out the newly revealed trailer below.

The upcoming feature is directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex). It stars an all-star voice cast, featuring Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, the once mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise as his daughter, Héra; and Luke Pasqualino as Wulf.

The film also features Mirando Otto, who reprises her role as Éowyn from the original film trilogy, who narrates the tale. Other cast members include Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna, and Janine Duvitski .

The film will be released exclusively in theaters on December 13. Here’s the official synopsis:

Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg—a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep. 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.