Made by fans on a shoestring budget for free release on the internet.
The film was viewed 2 million times in May 2009 when released free to the Internet.
In May 2024, Warner Bros. announced it was developing an official film tentatively titled "Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum" to be starring/directed by Andy Serkis and released in 2026. This fan film was temporarily taken off YouTube with a copyright claim. Following the fan backlash to its removal, the film was restored online.
Was viewed for free over 1 million times in the first week of its online release.
Chris Dingli who plays Gollum in this film, worked with John Rhys-Davies who played Gimli in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, in the TV Movie Helena von Troja (2003).