In May 2020,Andy Serkis — who fiddle Gollum in bothThe Lord of the RingsandThe Hobbitfilm trilogy — reelect to Middle - earth for an epic read - aloud ofThe Hobbitthat lasted 11 hour straight andraisedmore than $ 400,000 for COVID-19 stand-in movement . After this so - shout # Hobbitathon cease , Serkis went on to put down an real audiobook edition of the novel for HarperCollins UK .
If you listened to Serkis ’s inspired interpretation and wished he would also recordJ.R.R. Tolkien’sentireThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy on audio , we have wondrous news show : That ’s precisely what he ’s doing . AsThe Booksellerreports , all three digital audiobooks — The Lord of the Rings , The Two Towers , andThe Return of the King — will be released on September 16 , 2021 in the U.S. and the UK .
To anyone who ’s seen the movies ( or better yet , seen behind - the - scenesfootageof a crouch , Spandex - clothe Serkis performing as Gollum ) , it ’s clear that the acclaimed doer knows how to dwell a complicated reference . And base on his description of the audiobook transcription process , it appears that he ’s committed to every role in Middle - earth with the same enthusiasm and saturation : He called the experience “ equal measures of vestal joy , sheer madness , immense pleasance , and a level of psychological and physical fatigue I have never quite experienced the like of before . ”
“ I in reality palpate like I have lived through Tolkien ’s saga , and felt his profound understanding of and connectedness to nature , love , warfare , truth , hatred , and altruism , ” Serkis toldThe Bookseller . “ Each day I genuinely exit through ups and down feather , often coinciding with the onward motion of the band - bearer and his companions . On more than one social function I was certain I was n’t belong to make it to the Crack of Doom ! ”
U.S. residents can pre - place the audiobooks from Audiblehere .
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