TV: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Amazon Prime Series
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HP has fantastic beasts going on right now, so as much as I'd like to see an older cast in a show even then that's kind of early. I'd love for a GOT style show for Lord of the Rings. Been my wish since Game of Thrones aired. Either gonna be real good or a total miss.
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Sounds like it could possbily be either the Silmarillion, or stuff from the appendices. That's pretty cool. I love the original movie trilogy, so I don't want them to remake those even if they weren't 100% faithful to the books.
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So im assuming this will be a re-boot of the LotR universe and not being made to fit in with the Jackson films?
It's supposed to be stuff that happened well before the timeframe the books/movies take place.
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Sure, but there are still lore changes made for the films which could cause conflict.
My guess is this is going to be a clean slate re-boot of the lore, especially because New Line Cinema isnt involved.
Besides the Silmarillion there is also the Book of Unfinished Tales that deals with history after the Silmarillion but before the Hobbit/LotR. There's a lot of material there if they go that route, hopefully they won't mess it up.
I'm a little surprised because I think Christopher Tolkien had said that he didn't think there should be any more film adaptations of his father's work. I guess the money was too good to pass up.
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Cool. I'll watch. Yeah I thought Christopher was pretty down on the whole treatment of LOTR and wasn't going to sell. Shrewd negotiator he is.
New Line is involved and they stated it would take place before Lord of the Rings.
I'd rather watch a Frodo & Sam love story than anything similar to the plot from Shadow of Mordor/War.
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Just saw that Christopher Tolkien has resigned as directory of the estate, which may explain how this happened. And also may lead to more Middle-Earth adaptations to come.
In historic move, Christopher Tolkien resigns as director of Tolkien Estate
In historic move, Christopher Tolkien resigns as director of Tolkien Estate
As long as going forward we don't get more wastes of time and money like The Hobbit trilogy.
NyQuil
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I for one am interested in 10 straight hours about Tom Bombadil.
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.
This thing writes itself.
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.
This thing writes itself.
Personally I think the 1993 adaption of Lord of the Rings is more thoughtful interpretation of that journey. This definite edition vastly outshines those popcorn Hollywood-versions you've had to suffer through before the internet made you aware of these. Vesa Vierikko as Gandalf and Kari Väänänen as Strider and Gollum turn it with perhaps the performances of their life in this celebrated nine part edition.
