On the same financial conference call where Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav revealed that Mortal Kombat 12 is coming this year, he also mentioned The Lord of the Rings. The rights to adapt JRR Tolkien’s story to film are part of a large outlay made last year by Embracer Group, co-chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures Group Michael De Luca and Pam Abdi, who signed Embracer tied. It’s more than one Lord of the Rings movie,” Zaslav said. “The Lord of the Rings is one of the most iconic storytelling franchises ever and we are so excited.”
a Press release from Embracer Group (opens in new tab) Without really adding any further details, except to clarify that this is a “multi-year deal to collaborate on a feature film based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.” I will explain in more detail.
“Twenty years ago, New Line took an unprecedented leap forward to bring the incredible story, characters and world of The Lord of the Rings to the big screen. The groundbreaking film series that has been embraced by generations of fans is complete, but despite all the scope and detail lovingly packed into two trilogies, J.R.R. The vast, complex and dazzling world dreamed of remains largely unexplored in cinema.”
These films and this deal have nothing to do with the animated prequel Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirim, which was announced shortly before Embracer acquired the film rights to Middle-earth. Set to release in April 2024, it’s part of the same canon as the Peter Jackson film, with one of its co-writers, Philippa Boyen, as a consultant. She tells a story set almost 200 years before The Lord of the Rings.
Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the creative team behind New Line’s previous Lord of the Rings movies, said variety (opens in new tab) Warner Bros. and Embracer “have kept us up to date every step of the way” and “we look forward to speaking further with them to hear their vision for the franchise moving forward.” ‘ said.
Twenty years after The Return of the King won 11 Oscars, it looks like Middle-earth is everywhere again. There was Amazon’s Rings of Power series, but unfortunately his MMO planned by Amazon was cancelled. Still, there are five Lord of the Rings video games slated for the next two years, including Return to Moria and Gollum. A Lord of the Rings crossover set for Magic: The Gathering is also slated for this year, bringing to Arena, the first video game version of Magic’s Universe His Beyond set.
This is a big part of The Lord of the Rings, and I can only imagine there will be movie tie-ins and other spin-offs to follow. I thought it would be over in a few decades, but what do I know?
Personally, one of my favorite parts of The Lord of the Rings is the Mines of Moria. Here you can see how the dwarf, returning to his ancestral home, was punished for being too greedy and digging too deep, like his ancestor. What I came up with.
