After the success of ‘The Rings of Power’ on Amazon, Warner bets on franchises and remembers that it has the rights to ‘The Lord of the Rings’.
Good news for Middle-earth enthusiasts from the hand of Warner Bros., company that already prepares new films of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Independent of Amazon Prime Video serial plans.
JRR Tolkien’s work seems to be more alive than ever and, once the first season of ‘The Rings of Power’ has been reviewed in summaries, photos and curiosities, it’s time to prepare for the return of this fantasy universe to the big screen thanks to New Line Cinema and Warner Bros., the brands that defended the miracle of Peter Jackson.
Let us remember that, although Amazon Studios signed a multimillion-dollar contract of 250 million dollars with The Tolkien Estate, those in charge of the writer’s estate, only took over the television rights of the work. New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. control the theaters and, as such, are already preparing ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ is the new and ambitious project from Warner Bros. Animationan animated feature film that will hit theaters (now we have to point this out as added value, what a time…) and that It has a release date of April 12, 2024.
With Kenji Kamiyama as director, another good sign as he is responsible for the series ‘Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’ and its sequels, as well as the recent ‘Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045’ for Netflix, he also has Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’) as writer with Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson’s right-hand man in his two trilogies, official production adviser.
“Let’s focus on franchises“, says the president and CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, David Zaslav (via dead line). “We haven’t made a Superman movie in 10 years. We haven’t made a Harry Potter movie in 15 years… One of the biggest examples we have, and ‘House of the Dragon’ is proof, is ‘Game of Thrones. ‘ ahead of ‘Sex and the City'”.
“We still have the rights to make ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies“He says. “Based on everything we’ve seen, we know movies released directly online don’t work. Spending a billion dollars or crashing a movie window on a streaming service doesn’t work. The movies we release in theaters do significantly better and releasing a 2 hour 40 minute movie straight to streaming hasn’t done anything for HBO Max in terms of viewership, stickiness or love for the service.”
Is bet on the return to theaters makes us see with even better eyes the next ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’, a film that will take us to the kingdom of Rohan during the heyday of the Mark, specifically the reign of Helm “Hammer Hand”, more than 250 years before the Fellowship set out from Rivendell, arriving shortly after at the fortified abyss that bears their name.
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