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 ...

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.

Rohirrim, which sounds a little like the sound an orc might make sneezing, is perhaps best understood as a placeholder for further cinematic universe extrapolation from J.R.R. Tolkien’s books.