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PinkNews spoke to Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan at the Premiere of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’. The legendary duo played Merry and Pippin in Peter Jackson’s original trilogy. We asked the pair their thoughts on fans ‘shipping’ their fictional characters, and if they could confirm or deny whether Merry and Pippin were in fact more than just friends. Billy and Dominic star in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’, but are not reprising their roles as Merry and Pippin. This new animated installment to the LOTR universe is set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy. It tells the narrative of the ninth King of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand, the last of the original line of succession, as he and his family wage a war against an army of Dunlendings in the stronghold of the Hornburg, a fortress that later becomes known as Helm's Deep. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be released in the UK and Ireland on 13 December 2024 by Warner Bros. Pictures.