Lord Of The Rings: War Of The Rohirrim Rides Onto Max Next Week

Two months after it hit theaters, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim is making its way to Max on Friday, February 28. Per Deadline, the anime film will come to Warner Bros.’ streaming service ahead of its broadcast debut on Saturday, March 1. When it came out, Rohirrim pretty much got buried by other, bigger movies, it made $20 million worldwide at the box office. Two weeks after it hit theaters, it was already available on various digital platforms, and it recently hit Blu-Ray and DVD with (apparently) not much fanfare. So if you’ve had an interest in it but didn’t want to spend money to see it, here’s your chance. Directed by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’s Kenji Kamiyama, War of the Rohirrim is set nearly 200 years before the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and stars Gaia Wise as Héra, the daughter of Rohan’s then-king, Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox). After Helm accidentally kills the lord of the neighboring Dunlendings, a war breaks out between the two kingdoms that pit ... Read full article.