“I think that we’ve set a new precedent about how to present full-length, dramatic enemy films,” Brian Cox, who voices Helm Hammerhand in the film, told Blavity’s Shadow and Act.

Brian Cox is finally starring in a Lord of the ... and this is the story of how that fortress got its name. It was inspired by Helm Hammerhand, the king Cox voices in the film.

HELM HAMMERHAND voiced by BRIAN COX in New Line Cinema’s and Warner Bros. Animation’s epic anime adventure "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

The first-look images show Cox's character Helm Hammerhand sitting alongside members ... but just the way in which Brian could just so effortlessly reach for them was wonderful," Boyens, 62 ...

Produced by Rings veteran Phillipa Boyens alongside Jackson and Fran Walsh, Kamiyama's film stars Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, the club-fisted King of Rohan who gave Helm's Deep its name.