A ‘Lord of the Rings’ Icon’s Forgotten Fantasy Horror Film Heads to a New Streamer

These previous few weeks, followers of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy have been returning within the hundreds of thousands to catch the well-known Prolonged Editions in theaters, in celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Incomes many hundreds of thousands extra in income and formally taking the third installment previous each Harry Potter film within the field workplace ranks, the theatrical re-release has been an infinite success worldwide.

With that in thoughts, why not proceed the celebrations with one other Viggo Mortensen fantasy franchise-starter? 1995’s The Prophecya fantasy horror flick written and directed by Gregory Widen in his characteristic directorial debut, is formally coming to Paramount+ this February 1. Led by Christopher Walkenthe movie was the first of 5 within the franchisethough the 4 sequels had been all direct-to-video releases. This selection was partly as a result of crucial backlash the primary movie acquired, with The Prophecy incomes simply 46% from critics on evaluation aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus on the positioning reads, “The Prophecy has its moments, however any fantasy thriller starring Christopher Walken as a murderous angel must be a great deal extra participating than this.” A synopsis for the film reads:

“Evil angel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) has come to earth to strengthen his powers by claiming the depraved spirit of a psychotic veteran. The benevolent angel, Simon (Eric Stoltz), desires to cease that from occurring, so he hides the person’s spirit the place Gabriel would least anticipate finding it: in slightly woman (Moriah Shining Dove Snyder). Caught in a cosmic battle wherein even Lucifer (Viggo Mortensen) performs an element, a liturgically minded cop (Elias Koteas) strikes heaven and earth to guard the kid.”

Will Viggo Mortensen Return to ‘The Lord of the Rings’?

As anybody with even the slightest curiosity in motion pictures is aware of, the following Lord of the Rings film has lastly been set, with The Hunt for Gollum scheduled to be launched in theaters on December 17, 2027. Excitingly, a number of fan-favorite faces will probably be reprising their iconic roles within the film, with Ian McKellen, Andy Serkisand Elijah Wooden returning to play Gandalf, Gollum, and Frodo, respectively, with Serkis set to direct. Nonetheless, Mortensen’s identify is up to now lacking, though rumors suggesting the film is ready to concentrate on Aragorn’s quest to seize Gollum would trace on the actor’s return.

The Prophecy is streaming on Paramount+ this February. For updates, be sure to remain tuned to Collider.