Andy Serkis is dropping hints about the cast for a new movie in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ franchise … and it sounds like he went to bat to get the band back together.

We got the guy who plays Gollum in the ‘LOTR’ trilogy at LAX on Tuesday and asked about the new movie he’s directing and starring in, “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt For Gollum.”

Andy’s reprising his role as Gollum and Ian McKellen is returning as Gandalf, with Elijah Wood expected back as Frodo Baggins … and while Andy didn’t want to give too much away as far as cast, he did go on the record saying he “loved” the OG cast, which also featured Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom.

Jennifer Lopez was in a giving mood Tuesday … handing out some cold hard cash to a homeless man … and it’s all on video.

The “Jenny From The Block” singer was dressed to the nines and in full glam coming out of a business meeting in Los Angeles this afternoon when a homeless man approached her on her way to her waiting Cadillac Escalade, asking for help.

J Lo seemed to ignore the man at first, walking right by him … but he was thrilled to see her, and was overheard saying he was going to tell everyone he saw a celeb.

Not only did Fernando Mendoza get VIP treatment at a Miami hotspot after winning the national championship … the star quarterback got an ABBA tribute concert experience … courtesy of his teammates breaking out in song in the middle of the club!!

The Hoosiers celebrated their first-ever title at E11EVEN in Downtown Miami after their 27-21 win over the Hurricanes.

As the bottles popped and the party rolled on, the song “Fernando” by the Swedish group came over the speakers — and that’s when the champs went nuts!

The fans even sang along at the Hard Rock Stadium after Mendoza and the Hoosiers won the CFP championship on Monday.

“It’s a great song by ABBA,” Mendoza said about the track earlier this month.

“I’ve heard it a little throughout my high school career, and then early in my college career — it was kind of like a joke with all my friends, and now it’s just accelerated to a whole other level. So, I mean, I bet if ABBA’s checking their phone, [they’d be] like, Wow, this song’s getting a lot of plays all of a sudden.”

“It’s great; I think it’s a funny fan song — not fan song, but a funny song that everybody could rally around, especially IU fandom!”