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Rally your allies for another trip into Middle-earth. After its brief theatrical run last year, Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim already has a release date for its Max streaming debut and it is coming in just a few weeks. That gives you plenty of time to get your hands on one of those epic popcorn buckets before you set up your viewing party.

The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim is coming to Max in February 2025, according to the What’s New page on the Max homepage. The feature didn’t give a specific release date for the anime’s debut on the streaming site, but we suspect it will be near the start of the month. It just means that we have to keep our elf eyes peeled for a more specific release date.

War of the Rohirrim isn’t the only animated Tolkien adaptation to come to Max lately. The deliciously chaotic Ralph Bakshi animated film from 1978 was just added to the streamer’s library last year. Now the 2024 anime is joining it in Max’s Lord of the Rings collection.

The cast of War of the Rohirrim includes Brian Cox, who had been nearly cast in previous Lord of the Rings films, as Helm (of Helm’s Deep fame) and Gaia Wise, who plays his daughter Hera, in the prequel to the events of the books and the Peter Jackson films. The movie is already available to rent or purchase digitally on Prime Video but is set to come to Max in February 2025.

Whether you're Shirefolk, Elven, Dwarven, or something else, there's a good reason to love Lord of the Rings. We do! With that in mind, we have a dragon's horde of goodies for you from a Lord of the Rings reading guide, a Lord of the Rings watch guide, details on the upcoming animated film Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim, a full the Lord of the Rings reunion panel you can watch, how the OG Hobbit actors stay in touch every day on a groupchat, and the true message of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, according to Gimli himself - John Rhys-Davies.