The familiar presence, or at least voice, of Miranda Otto provides a reassuring connective tissue between the Lord of the Rings films and a new animated prequel: Her Éowyn, previously seen in ...

When Gaia Wise got the call confirming she’d been cast as the lead in the new animated film “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” she screamed so loudly her neighbors called the ...

In other words, The War of the Rohirrim is spiritually very close to the Peter Jackson films, even though it's an animated feature. Narrated by Eowyn (Otto, reprising her role), it tells the story ...