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Gollum is a monster [2] with a distinctive style of speech in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became important in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit [T 1] [T 2] of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields.
Originally, Gollum was set to be solely a CGI character, but Jackson was so impressed by Serkis' audition tape that they used him on set as well. Gollum's CGI model was also redesigned in 2001 when Serkis was cast as Sméagol, Gollum's former self, so as to give the impression that Andy Serkis as Sméagol transforms into the CGI Gollum.
In Tolkien's book, the monster Gollum talks to himself in two different personalities, the good Sméagol and the evil Gollum. [4] Peter Jackson 's 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , part of his major film series on Middle-earth , similarly depicts Gollum/Sméagol talking to himself in "perhaps the most celebrated scene in the ...
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (German: Der Herr der Ringe: Gollum) is an action-adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment. The game, set in the fictional world of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien , takes place in between the events of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring .
Gollum's fall into the lava of Mount Doom was rewritten for the film, as the writers felt that simply having Gollum slip and fall was anticlimactic. Originally, an even greater deviation was planned: Frodo would heroically push Gollum over the ledge to destroy him and the Ring, but the production team realised that that would make it look as if ...
Gollumjapyx smeagol is a species of dipluran, named after Gollum, a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. [1] It is the only species in the genus Gollumjapyx . It was first discovered in caves in the Spanish province of Castellón .
Smeagol manneringi has no tentacles and is a very active blind animal with a size of up to 10 mm. [1] Smeagol species have no shell. They have a weakly developed snout. [2] The radula is unicuspid [1] and the radular dentition is of the rhipidoglossate type. [2] They have a radular membrane of flexoglossate type. [2] They have no jaw.
Gollum: Named "on reference to the evil persona Gollum, given the 'evil look' of the male of this species due to the large cheliceral tubercles." [153] Tetramorium gollum Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2014: Ant: Gollum "The new species is named after the fictional character "Gollum" from J.R.R. Tolkien's novels 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings ...