Warner Bros. will release its first new 'Lord of the Rings' movie in 2026. Andy Serkis will direct 'The Hunt for Gollum,' while Peter Jackson produces.
  • MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    6 months ago

    “For over two decades, moviegoers have embraced the ‘Lord of the Rings’ film trilogy because of the undeniable devotion Peter, Fran and Philippa have shown…”

    I thought this … until I saw The Hobbit. Their devotion was clearly waning at that point.

    Heard the actors were less than impressed as well.

    • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      16·
      6 months ago

      I think devotion for LOTR must still be there with them today. The Hobbit feels more like a project your boss forces you to do after getting incredibly rich by exploiting you with your first passion project.

      This new one feels like them getting some extra cash to finally retire.

    • rezz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      6 months ago

      Del Toro was the director and Jackson stepped in last minute to savage.

      EDIT: Salvage

      • jacksilver@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, I wouldn’t blame Peter Jackson for that one. Although still not hopeful for a Gollum focused movie. Would have much preferred something outside of the known characters.

        • rezz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          Oh yeah I’m not particularly excited. But Peter Jackson * Time = Great usually.

      • ryan213@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Wait, savage or salvage? Sounds like both. 😂

        Either way, I’m still very excited for this! I think they’ll try to redeem themselves after The Hobbit trilogy.

        • rezz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          6 months ago

          Salvage whoops. Yeah basically the movie got replanned last minute. Given the circumstances they are better films than they had any right to be.

          It’s a shame we never saw Del Toro’s vision.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    6 months ago

    This is gonna suffer the same issue that Star Wars has. They have an entire world and myths to explore and they just stick with a core group to focus on.

      • mjsaber@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        51·
        6 months ago

        The Amazon series is fan fiction. This is part of the background story Tolkien wrote.

        I’m not really interested in either, as they are both soulless capitalist cash grabs, but I think this has the possibility of being a decent (although completely unnecessary) film .

    • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I’m assuming this must be issue of what works pf Tolkien do they have rights for.

  • Herding Llamas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    Did you all know there is already a The Hunt for Gollum? Found it online. It’s fan fiction from 2009 from the UK but reviews sound good.

      • Herding Llamas@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        Go watch it. I don’t want to give any spoilers, but it’s the search for Gollum. I found it free on YouTube. It’s 40 minutes or so. Tell me how it is.

        • ApollosArrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          Well, I did not know this thing existed at all.

          I am very torn. While I appreciate the love that went into this project (and you can see it). It doesn’t really offer much to the larger story and probably didn’t beed to be 40min. If it were part of a tv series, I think it would likely slot in well, with some additional parallel Shire content going on.

          • Herding Llamas@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            Yeah and thanks for watching it. I felt simular. I liked watching it because I’m a big fan, but it was their love and passion for it that got me. And for what it is I think they did a great job. It could have been shorter or had more other content… But I can only assume there was some budget issues as it was nonprofit made.