There’s still a lot to explore in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and we’ve got some ideas about what stories could be adapted into new installments in the franchise.
In case you haven’t had enough of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, the subsequent ‘The Hobbit’ trilogy and the new Amazon Prime Video series ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’, Warner has announced that new films are coming that will explore the corners of Middle-earth and expand the universe of JRR Tolkien on the small and big screen.
Warner Bros. Pictures recently announced that New Line Entertainment and Middle-Earth Enterprises are collaborating on multiple feature films set in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ universe, after New Line acquired the company that owns the film rights to the literary saga. . These films, which will be based on both the ‘Lord of the Rings’ books and ‘The Hobbit’, are added to the animated film of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim‘, currently in production, already the second season of ‘The Rings of Power’which began shooting last October 2022.
So let’s start with the projects already confirmedWhat are they:
Upcoming movies and series of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (confirmed)
– ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 (series)
The second season of ‘The Rings of Power’, the Amazon Prime Video series, it was already written before the premiere, as stated by its showrunner Patrick McKay. Therefore, the creators of the fantasy series claim that the public’s reaction to the first season has not been taken into account because they fully trust their vision. And Amazon must also trust blindly, because it signed a multi-million dollar agreement to brand new up to 5 seasons of this prequel in Middle-earth.
Will we find out who is the stranger who fell from heaven in ‘The Rings of Power’ season 2? Will it be Gandalf? Sauron?
– ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ (animated film)
The plot of this animated film It will take us to the kingdom of Rohan during the heyday of the Mark, specifically to the reign of Helm “Hammer Hand”, more than 250 years before the Fellowship set out from Rivendell, arriving soon after at the fortified chasm that bears their name. This statue in the Hornburg, seen in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’, keeps his legend alive.
Will it live up to the mythical animated film of Ralph Bakshi’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ from 1978?
Upcoming movies and series of ‘The Lord of the Rings’: Possible stories
Warner Bros., Amazon Plan to Turn ‘Lord of the Rings’ Franchise Into a ‘Star Wars’-Style Sagawith several films and series expanding their universe and interacting with each other with cameos, references and shared characters.
The universe of JRR Tolkien’s books and writings is vast., but the new movies and series do not have to be tied to the original material and can be new stories based on the popularity of the characters we know (or that we are getting to know). Let’s review what they would be the possible plots that they would give for new projects in the franchise:
– Young Aragorn
Aragorn was one of the most important characters in the first film trilogy as the prophesied King of Gondor. Peter Jackson made considerable changes to his personality and motivations to better fit him into the movies, providing an opportunity for Warner Bros. to adapt his entire story into a new series of movies. These could start in Aragorn’s childhood when he was taken to Rivendell to keep him safe, and was eventually told by Elrond, who essentially adopted him, that he was the heir to the throne of Gondor.
The film series could follow Aragorn through his travels as Dúnedain Rangershis first meeting with Gandalf, his magical healing abilities and his complete love story with Arwen. Original Aragorn actor Viggo Mortensen could return at a later date to portray the king elessar in a more adult way.
– The origin of Gollum
Gollum, or Smeagol, as he was known before the One Ring corrupted his soul, is another character with a much larger history than the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies had time to explore. Although ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ briefly showed how Smeagol found the Ring and murdered his friend to appropriate it, Tolkien’s book went into much more detail.
In addition, the advancement in motion capture techniques fueled by the ‘Avatar’ movies and the growing popularity of Andy Serkis Since he played the character, they would be good claims to try the project.
– The Story of Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil is one of the most beloved characters in the books, but he was completely left out of the Peter Jackson movies.. In the original story, Frodo and his friends met Bombadil on their journey and learned that he was as old as the world itself. Sauron’s One Ring had no influence on him, and he seemed to possess great power. Readers of The Lord of the Rings have for years hypothesized that Bombadil is Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of the world, reincarnated, something Tolkien vehemently denied. Curiously, the author himself claimed to be unaware of who Bombadil really was.
– Rise of the Lord of the Nazgûl
The Witch King of Angmar was the leader of the Nazgûl and Sauron’s right-hand man for much of the Second and Third Ages of Middle-earth. ‘The Lord of the Rings’ confirmed that he met his end at the Battle of Pelennor Fields at the hands of Lady Éowyn. However, there is much more to its origin. The story of the Witch-king of Angmar is dark and tragic, as initially began his career as a human king before being corrupted by Sauron’s gift of the Rings of Power. Maybe we’ll see it in the Amazon Prime Video series?
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