No rest for Tolkien

[Stefano Rinaldelli]

WB revives The Lord of the Rings with animated movie War of the Rohirrim

The movie’s being fast-tracked for theatrical release

www.polygon.com

 

[Parmandur]

WB revives The Lord of the Rings with animated movie War of the Rohirrim

The movie’s being fast-tracked for theatrical release

www.polygon.com

Sounds promising. Technically, the Rankin Bass movies were already Anime.

 

[Ryujin]

Sounds promising. Technically, the Rankin Bass movies were already Anime.

Though, rather interestingly, they employed a fair bit of live action rotoscoping.

 

[Parmandur]

Though, rather interestingly, they employed a fair bit of live action rotoscoping.

That's the Bashki movie, I mean the Hobbit and Return of the King that were animated by the team that would go on to form Studio Ghibli.

 

[Ryujin]

That's the Bashki movie, I mean the Hobbit and Return of the King that were animated by the team that would go on to form Studio Ghibli.

Ah, yes. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Hriston]

I'm not crazy about the name. I wonder why they aren't going with "The Long Winter".

 

[Stefano Rinaldelli]

I'm not crazy about the name. I wonder why they aren't going with "The Long Winter".

too many winters since game of thrones?

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

You're not wrong, the animation being done by proto-Studio Ghibli predecessor Topcraft no less.

Sounds promising. Technically, the Rankin Bass movies were already Anime.

 

[Hriston]

too many winters since game of thrones?

I expect the real reason for the choice of title has more to do with wanting to give fans of the movies something to recognize in calling out the name Rohirrim. The Long Winter is the name Tolkien gives to what seems to be the central event of this new film, and it’s a title I would prefer, or something else based on Tolkien’s actual text. “War of the Rohirrim” seems like a marketing invention, especially so since there was a simultaneous war in Gondor that prevented the two nations from helping each other until the end. Also, it was the first time that Gandalf became acquainted with the Shire folk, leading to his choosing of Bilbo to join the Quest of Erebor.

Unfortunately, “The Long Winter” is also the title of one of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie books, which may also have something to do with it not having been chosen for this project.