A new unabridged audiobook version of the legendary fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings is coming, and it's read by none other than Andy Serkis. Having recently worked with HarperCollins on The Hobbit, Serkis--who played Gollum in Peter Jackson's film series--is coming back for The Lord of the Rings. The audiobook is slated for release in September, and it will be released in three parts: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. You can watch a trailer for the book below, which shows Serkis reading several Gollum lines and proving that he absolutely hasn't lost his skill for embodying the character. "I would consider myself someone who likes a challenge... Walking back into Middle-earth over 20 years after my first life-changing adventure there, and experiencing it all over again (this time for many weeks alone in a sound booth) has brought in equal measures of pure joy, sheer madness, immense pleasure, and a level of psychological and physical fatigue I have never quite experienced the like of before," Serkis said of his work on the book (via TheBookSeller). Continue Reading at GameSpot
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