The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an animated prequel film ... which led to the first siege of Helm's Deep — a castle only known as "the Hornburg" beforehand.

Which is not to say that The War of the Rohirrim is a light movie ... siege by the Dunlending lord Wulf (Luke Pasqualino) at the castle known as the Hornburg, otherwise known as Helm's Deep.

Animation can achieve impossible things that live action can’t replicate. While The War of the Rohirrim adhered to the visuals of the Peter Jackson trilogy, potential future animated movies don ...

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Kamiyama and screenwriters Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou frame The War of the Rohirrim as a historical tale told by The Lord of the Rings' Éowyn (Miranda Otto, returning in voiceover).

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, which takes place roughly 100 years before the One Ring ever came to Bilbo Baggins.