Warner Bros acquires rights to Middle-earth/Lotr, several movies planned
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Ambiturner
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They weren't very good, but they did gross right around $3 billion
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Goatface
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| Release Date | Title | Production Budget | Opening Weekend | Domestic Box Office | Domestic Box Office Adjusted for Inflation | Worldwide Box Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of t… | $250,000,000 | $54,724,334 | $255,119,788 | $285,151,274 | $940,323,039 | ||
| Dec 13, 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation … | $250,000,000 | $73,645,197 | $258,241,522 | $291,114,259 | $959,358,436 | ||
| Dec 14, 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected J… | $200,000,000 | $84,617,303 | $303,003,568 | $348,119,628 | $1,014,938,545 | ||
| Dec 17, 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The … | $94,000,000 | $72,629,713 | $377,845,905 |
| $1,120,210,896 | ||
| Dec 18, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The … | $94,000,000 | $62,007,528 | $342,548,984 |
| $919,148,764 | ||
| Dec 19, 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The … | $93,000,000 | $47,211,490 | $315,544,750 |
| $891,216,824 |
Aldarion
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*you left out the part where Young Gandalf is a flamboyant, prancing gay
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Loser Araysar
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moonarchia
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To be fair, Ian McKellan de-aged via green screen would do this in a heartbeat, and probably make it watchable.
Gamma Rays
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Chris
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#1 Beren & Luthien with prologue going into the mythology. Sets up Morgoth and first minor victories against him.
#2 Turin and #3 Tuor filmed back to back and released close together. Fall of the Elf Kingdoms.
#4 Earendil. Final battles against Morgoth.
#5 Fall of Numenor and Last Alliance (fuck you Amazon). Rise of Sauron.
Anything else will be stupid made up bullshit.
#2 Turin and #3 Tuor filmed back to back and released close together. Fall of the Elf Kingdoms.
#4 Earendil. Final battles against Morgoth.
#5 Fall of Numenor and Last Alliance (fuck you Amazon). Rise of Sauron.
Anything else will be stupid made up bullshit.
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jayrebb
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Gavinmad
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As funny as that would be, I'm not sure Saul Zaentz ever got his hands on those movie rights in the first place which means Embracer Group doesn't have them to license to WB.
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Rajaah
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Agreed that this would be amazing if it were a 3-5 part Silmarillion movie series, especially made by the LOTR trilogy people. I'd also like to see lots of Morgoth's rise and fall since the movies haven't touched on that.
Don't want to see any side-quels with Young Aragorn in exile (being chased by a Proud Black Huntress who turns out to be "good" after killing a bunch of innocent people) or any useless things like that, which means we're probably getting just that.
I can't find the Rings of Power thread for some reason, is that show worth watching? I know it's widely disliked, but at least the main actress is pretty hot, and as a Tolkien fan since age 5 I'm sure I can find things to like. Though I do question why they're parroting scenes from Schindler's List:
WTF?
Don't want to see any side-quels with Young Aragorn in exile (being chased by a Proud Black Huntress who turns out to be "good" after killing a bunch of innocent people) or any useless things like that, which means we're probably getting just that.
I can't find the Rings of Power thread for some reason, is that show worth watching? I know it's widely disliked, but at least the main actress is pretty hot, and as a Tolkien fan since age 5 I'm sure I can find things to like. Though I do question why they're parroting scenes from Schindler's List:
WTF?
Asshat Foler
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Chris
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The story is at the end of the Silmarillion I think? So would be with Silmarillion rights.
Amazon have the rights to the shorter version in the Lord of the Rings appendices.
I have no idea if Warner Brothers have Silmarillion rights though.
Gavinmad
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If you're an actual Tolkien fan, you're more likely to find things to be insulted/outraged by.
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Goatface
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read they do not.
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don't know if this is wide or limited, listed on amc. 13th is a Thursday
Rajaah
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I have a feeling that's much more likely to be the case, particularly with Galadriel acting like a self-insert modern lunatic rather than, well, Galadriel.
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cabbitcabbit
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It was lightning in a bottle that the director of Dead Alive would make a film series so memorable and important to the cinematic zeitgeist.
They’ll spend all the money in the world trying to recreate that forever until the end of society.
They’ll spend all the money in the world trying to recreate that forever until the end of society.
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