![]() That’s hopeful if vague, and really The Hobbit remains a sour spot for me and my opinion of Jackson’s filmmaking. “We look forward to speaking with them further to hear their vision for the franchise moving forward.” “Warner Brothers and Embracer have kept us in the loop every step of the way,” Jackson and Lord of the Rings cowriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens said in a statement. Director Peter Jackson might be involved in some way, though this is not confirmed (or denied). Now we grit our teeth and wait for the beating. Before Amazon’s disastrous attempt at televising Middle-earth, fans might have greeted this news with the optimism of naïve children. Indeed, The Rings Of Power hangs above all of this like a dark shadow. Who will walk in the giant footsteps of Ian McKellen as Gandalf? Who would want to follow in the stride of Viggo Mortenson’s Aragorn? We already know how awful it must be to try and replace Cate Blanchett as Galadriel. A remake of such recently made films will suffer from constant comparison. In two of these three scenarios I see disaster. Give me all your money, dear readers, and we’ll make it together. A wild fantasy that will likely only happen if I somehow become a billionaire (or befriend one) and can suddenly afford to purchase rights to such an ambitiously modest project and then pay to have it made. My own dream- to adapt The Lord Of The Rings trilogy into a 2D-animated limited series that hews as close to the books as humanly possible-is just that: A dream. Third, to follow Amazon’s example with The Rings Of Power and just completely ignore the source material altogether, instead creating wildly expensive fan-fiction while giving fans the proverbial bird.There are stories in The Silmarillion that could make excellent films, though this would require a great deal of skill and care (two things that often seem to be missing in Hollywood these days). Still, it’s possible and could actually be quite exciting if done well. The trick is that’s really a collection of stories and fables and legends that would be extremely difficult to translate to the big screen. Second, to tap into some other Tolkien story such as The Silmarillion.Legolas will be a woman, the Hobbits will be Harfoots and so forth. The basic story remains the same, but with better special effects and a more diverse cast to appease modern audiences (or, rather, modern media critics). ![]() First, to remake the movies to suit modern times.when it comes to making new Lord of the Rings movies: The way I see it, there are essentially three options for Warner Bros. ![]() Years and years ago I wrote a piece for The Atlantic wondering when this obsession with adapting fantasy into movies and TV would wear off-and, of course, since then it’s just gotten more and more popularized and mainstreamed. As much as I want to be excited for more Lord Of The Rings I can’t help but think that mostly it’s all just a pale shadow compared to the books I fell in love with as a child.
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