Lord of the Rings TV Show Reboot

[trappedslider]

There's more than one writer in the world!

*insert joke about BBC's use of three writers and a very limited number of actors*

 

[KahlessNestor]

I'm surprised anything by Tolkein would ever see the light of day after Peter Jackson's Hobbit. Pretty sure Christopher Tolkein said, "Over my dead body." I would really like to see a good Childrin of Hurin, but it's way too Germanic a tale that wouldn't likely go over well with modern American audiences unless they Hollywoodized it. If they did that, I just might have to burn someone's house down. :/

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[Ralif Redhammer]

I suppose the question then becomes whether they were able to pry out the Silmarillion rights, are going to be dependent on what in the Lord of the Rings and Return of the King appendices, or are making something up entirely new. I hope for the first, suspect the second, and dread the third.


“Preceding” could include a whole lot of stuff, if they have the rights to the Silmarillion (which I still think seems unlikely).

well we got some info about it :



https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lord-rings-series-moving-forward-180729545.html

 

[CapnZapp]

No Silmarillion.

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[Ryujin]

This article from Nerdist lays out a bit of the background on why this is happening now.

https://nerdist.com/lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-franchise-star-wars/

 

[CapnZapp]

This article from Nerdist lays out a bit of the background on why this is happening now.

https://nerdist.com/lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-franchise-star-wars/

For those sensitive to being sent off-site, let me summarize, so we can keep discussion here on the forums:

Christopher Tolkien is going into retirement; others want money.



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[Morrus]

*insert joke about BBC's use of three writers and a very limited number of actors*

Sounds like Hollywood. I keep seeing the same people in different films.

 

[trappedslider]

if you didn't find the joke funny, no need to post that you didn't find it funny.

 

[Morrus]

if you didn't find the joke funny, no need to post that you didn't find it funny.

I did. Which is why I responded with my own, complementary joke. Nether were *that* funny, but chill out!

 

[trappedslider]

I did. Which is why I responded with my own, complementary joke. Nether were *that* funny, but chill out!

Sorry, I posted under the influence of a sinus head ache.