As the anime Lord of the Rings film The War of the Rohirrim is set to debut in cinemas this month, Middle Earth movies screenwriter Philippa Boyens has spoken out on the franchise’s future.

Speaking with The Playlist, she said: “If there’s an appetite for it, we’ve got more stories. There’s a ton of stories left to be told there and some really, really interesting ones.

“But my preference would be, after Hunt for Gollum, would be to look at those stand-alone stories.

“And then if we…