The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Film Gets Digital Release on December 27

The film earned about US$4.6 million in its opening weekend and around US$7.38 million total in the U.S. 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.

Philippa Boyens, who was part of the screenwriting team on the live-action The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies and consultant on The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, revealed that the film uses the late Sir Christopher Lee’s voice for his character Saruman from the original live-action films.

The film opened in U.S. theaters on December 13 and internationally beginning on December 11.