Lord of the Rings They're Remaking Lord of the Rings

[Bear Ribs]

So did Warner Bros see the burn out and oversaturation of "content" Disney had with Star Wars and Marvel and decided "hold my beer"?

Even if I wanted to be optimistic and think this was motivated to remove the bad taste of the Rings of Power from everyone's mouth I would think you'd want to wait a few years to distance yourself as much as possible and, hopefully, start on something like an clean slate.

At a guess, it's about how long they have the publishing rights. LotR is a pretty messy yarnball of conflicting rights right now (Hence Rings of Power not being able to use any events from any book, because those are owned by other publishers), but the companies that currently have most of the rights have only licensed those rights, they don't hold them in perpetuity so they have to publish while they've got 'em. Apparently, there're clauses that if they don't publish soon, they lose the rights entirely.

The Lords of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim Anime Rides to 2024

Warner Bros.’ The Lord of War of the Rohirrim anime movie—which is not affiliated with Prime Video’s lavish LOTR TV series—won't premiere until April 12, 2024. That said, we do have a first look at concept art from the Kinji Kamiyama film.

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That's important, as Saul Zaentz was previously legally going to argue that the film rights had reverted to Middle-earth Enterprises again after no further Lord of the Rings or Hobbit movies were in production. The announcement of the animated prequel movie War of the Rohirrim, following the life of the King of Rohan Helm Hammerhand, changed that, and it seems that Embracer's acquisition of Middle-earth Enterprises has led to that argument being put to bed, as the two companies are now working together on more films.

 

[Buba]

War of the Rohirrim, following the life of the King of Rohan Helm Hammerhand,

How cute! A Conan the Barbarian remake!
Or maybe more of an X rated take on Home Alone?

 

[Bassoe]

They could take this opportunity to imagine a new look, rather than allowing John Howe and Alan Lee to continue dictating how Middle-Earth looks. How about a Middle-Earth that looks like the Hildebrandt brothers' artwork? But Hollywood is creatively bankrupt and I fully expect them to copypaste the Jackson movie aesthetics but with crappy plastic looking CGI, just like Rings of Power.

The Wedding of the King by the brothers Hildebrandt.

I am now imagining a big-budget Tolkien adaptation with the aesthetics of a Vsevolod Ivanov painting.

Which Tolkien refused to write,becouse it would be pitiful - with mason-like elites worshipping Sauron and mobs of orc-like youngsters together taking Gondor down.

Something like falling of OUR West.

And,you knew? somebody could made this,showing Gondor elites like Soros old dudes and mobs shouting orcs life matter.
Pity,that nobody would do such movie.

We might not get a movie or a published book, but how about fanfic? We’ll do it right if nobody else steps up.

 

[Bear Ribs]

They could take this opportunity to imagine a new look, rather than allowing John Howe and Alan Lee to continue dictating how Middle-Earth looks. How about a Middle-Earth that looks like the Hildebrandt brothers' artwork? But Hollywood is creatively bankrupt and I fully expect them to copypaste the Jackson movie aesthetics but with crappy plastic looking CGI, just like Rings of Power.

The Wedding of the King by the brothers Hildebrandt.

From my reading of the copyright issues, having done some digging, they actually can't do that. Warner Brother's claim on LotR specifically relies on their claim on the Jackson Trilogy and its unique aesthetic, if they use a different aesthetic they would be infringing.

Bear in mind this is a knotty legal problem and my interpretation could be way off, indeed this is the kind of thing the lawyers would also argue vehemently in and out of court and would ultimately come down to the judge's call.

 

[ATP]

I am now imagining a big-budget Tolkien adaptation with the aesthetics of a Vsevolod Ivanov painting.

We might not get a movie or a published book, but how about fanfic? We’ll do it right if nobody else steps up.

1.It would be great,but costly
2.It also would be great,and all we need is good writer.
Any volunteer here ?

 

[Scooby Doo]

Aragorn becomes transgender and the first Queen of Gondor as their sole child becomes a disabled non binary transqueer in a polygamous relationship ship with a demisexual elf and dwarf using xe xur pronouns.

There's also a suspiciously orange orc that goes around terrorizing a bunch of brown Middle Earth humans for no apparent reason.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Aragorn becomes transgender and the first Queen of Gondor as their sole child becomes a disabled non binary transqueer in a polygamous relationship ship with a demisexual elf and dwarf using xe xur pronouns.

There's also a suspiciously orange orc that goes around terrorizing a bunch of brown Middle Earth humans for no apparent reason.

*shivers*

Terrifying.

 

[Scooby Doo]

*shivers*

Terrifying.

Guys guys, Donald Trump is totally like Sauron. And the One Ring is like a MAGA hat 🤓

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

Which Tolkien refused to write,becouse it would be pitiful - with mason-like elites worshipping Sauron and mobs of orc-like youngsters together taking Gondor down.

Something like falling of OUR West.

And,you knew? somebody could made this,showing Gondor elites like Soros old dudes and mobs shouting orcs life matter.
Pity,that nobody would do such movie.

I think if I remember correctly, Tolkien ultimately decided not to write it because essentially, it'd be a watered-down retired of the previous books and he felt that idea was both dull and depressing. The man was reacting to things far beyond his time.

 

[ATP]

I think if I remember correctly, Tolkien ultimately decided not to write it because essentially, it'd be a watered-down retired of the previous books and he felt that idea was both dull and depressing. The man was reacting to things far beyond his time.

Yes,main problem was,that Gondor would fall not with Bang,but whimper.And it would be pitiful to write about that.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

Yes,main problem was,that Gondor would fall not with Bang,but whimper.And it would be pitiful to write about that.

I'd be ok with seeing that if they are willing to go into how people would pick up the pieces, but I would want that sort of Middle-earth sense of hope That the books and the Jackson films are known for. I wouldn't want a diet game of thrones.

 

[Crom's Black Blade]

Guys guys, Donald Trump is totally like Sauron. And the One Ring is like a MAGA hat 🤓

I know but it's almost *too* subtle, you know. Can we add in a "Make Gondor Great Again" somewhere or have Sauron talk about building a wall?

 

[Jormungandr]

Remember that actress that had a freakout over the fans not liking the dumpster fire she was starring in? Yeah, I think she's realized it's a sinking ship; she's immediately changed her tune.
She's as stable as a bipolar chipmunk who dug up and ate some crack addict's garden stash.

 

[ThatZenoGuy]

Yeah, apparently after the massive success that was Rings of Power they've decided to remake the Jackson Trilogy. There's pretty much nobody attached to this yet, no cast and the director hasn't even been chosen, but for some reason LotR fans are wary and there're already a few predictions about it.

WHY!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

 

[Jaenera Targaryen]

Old Man Tolkien is turning in his grave.

 

[Scooby Doo]

If only we could harness the powers of all the spinning graves.

 

[Jormungandr]

If only we could harness the powers of all the spinning graves.

"Get a turbine ready, Jeff!"

 

[Husky_Khan]

Maybe once James Gunn sinks the DCU Warner Bros. can copy MCU's Multiverse idea and make an even worse version of it and incorporate all of their properties like DC Comics, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, Monsterverse, Pokemon, Tom & Jerry and WB Animation, Game of Thrones, Lebron James etc.

Those are all things fans like for some reason so rationally, putting them altogether in the same thing means it'll be a smashing success like Multiversus has been so far.

EDIT:

Oh forgot about @Scooby Doo. They own your Great Dane ass as well.

 

[Jormungandr]

Maybe once James Gunn sinks the DCU Warner Bros. can copy MCU's Multiverse idea and make an even worse version of it and incorporate all of their properties like DC Comics, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, Monsterverse, Pokemon, Tom & Jerry and WB Animation, Game of Thrones, Lebron James etc.

Those are all things fans like for some reason so rationally, putting them altogether in the same thing means it'll be a smashing success like Multiversus has been so far.

EDIT:

Oh forgot about @Scooby Doo. They own your Great Dane ass as well.

Velma.

'nuff said.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Velma.

'nuff said.

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