How Lord of the Rings' Gollum Changed CGI Forever

Weta Digital Effect Supervisor Eric Saindon looks back on the process of creating a new breed of CG character with Andy Serkis’s groundbreaking mo-cap performance in Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King.

Facts about Smeagol/Gollum : r/lotr

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Movie version of Gollum : r/lotr

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Review, lord of the rings gollum review

How The Lord of the Rings Looks Without CGI And Other Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings Turns 20: Looking Back on an Epic Cinematic Legacy

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Trivia: this would have been Gollum's original design in the movies. However, after casting Andy Serkis, Peter Jackson decided that Gollum should bear more physical resemblance to Serkis and changed the design.

Lord of the Rings: How Faithful Are Peter Jackson's Movies to the Tolkien Books?

Why does the CGI used to render Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies, although 15 years old, seem so much more convincing than subsequent efforts? - Quora