Featured Image: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Reveals New Key Visual

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim movie revealed a new key visual ahead of its December 13 premiere. International screenings will begin on December 11. The production is a collaboration between New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Animation and Sola Entertainment, with Kenji Kamiyama directing. The anime movie recently also revealed a tapestry visual at the NYCC event, while you can see the new key art below.

It has the tagline “HOPE HAS YET TO ABANDON THESE LANDS.”

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - New Key Visual

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim – New Key Visual

The official trailer was revealed in August, and you can check it out below.

The main anime staff consists of the following members:

Producers: Philippa Boyens, Jason DeMarco, Joseph Chou
Executive Producers: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Sam Register, Carolyn Blackwood, Toby Emmerich
Screenplay: Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou
Story: Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews, Philippa Boyens
Music: Stephen Gallagher

The creative team also features returning collaborators from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including Oscar winners Alan Lee and Richard Taylor, as well as the well-known Tolkien illustrator John Howe. The voice cast consists of:

Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand
Gaia Wise as Héra
Luke Pasqualino as Wulf
Miranda Otto as Éowyn
Laurence Ubong Williams as Fréaláf Hildeson
Shaun Dooley as Freca
Manabu Muraji as Wrot
Lorraine Ashbourne (role undisclosed)
Yazdan Qafouri (role undisclosed)
Benjamin Wainwright (role undisclosed)
Michael Wildman (role undisclosed)
Jude Akuwudike (role undisclosed)
Bilal Hasna (role undisclosed)
Janine Duvitski (role undisclosed)

The official synopsis for the movie:
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.

The first poster visual for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was also revealed last month.