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868:, who had not read Tolkien's books. They were intrigued, but the script called for more expensive optical effects than was originally conceived, and the executives were unsure the audience would be sufficient, thinking the genre mostly appealed to children, and the project stalled. Boorman tried shopping the project at other studios. Disney were interested, but balked at the violence; no other studio was interested in making a widescreen epic. Boorman remembers that as late as 1975, "all I got was embarrassed smiles". In the early 1990s, Boorman again contacted Medavoy about 326: 1394: 780: 1217:, who objected to marketing the film as the first of two parts. After test screenings, it was decided to switch the last two sequences, so that the film would not end on the cliffhanger of Frodo and Sam being led into a trap by Gollum. The film was released without any indication that a second part would follow, over Bakshi's objections. Rated PG, it was the longest animated film made at the time, and cost $ 8–12 million to produce; it grossed $ 30.5 million at the 8073: 7553: 1780:] wasn't such a great storyteller." Bakshi felt that the film was derivative of his own without due acknowledgment, and that Jackson "didn't really get it." However, he did praise the effects of "thousands of men in armies attacks each other." Bakshi's writer, Peter Beagle, said Jackson has done it the only way possible, by making three different movies" and one of Bakshi's animators, Michael Ploog, said the trilogy was "brilliantly handled." 1075: 460: 1175:'s death, while Frodo and Sam left Cirith Ungol. This was abbreviated in later revisions to create a two-and-a-half hour film. The final revisions overlapped with the voice recording in London, accounting for inconsistencies like the spelling of "Saruman" (originally changed to Aruman to avoid confusion with Sauron) in the film. Bakshi constantly revised the story at the behest of anxious fans. 814:. In retrospect, Boorman recognized that it "might have been" a disaster, saying that a trilogy was a wiser choice. Pallenberg was sorry that they never got to revise the script, which exists only as a rough draft; Boorman has described it as "almost unmakeable." Bakshi later exaggerated it as a 700-page screenplay, but at 178 pages, Boorman and Pallenberg wanted to reduce it to around 150. 1974:. The film is produced by Boyens and written by her daughter, Phoebe Gittins, as well as Gittens's writing partner Arty Papageorgiou. The film was put into production to prevent Warner Bros. and New Line from losing the film adaptation rights for the novels, but Zaentz was not convinced that the studios were meeting their obligations. The film is scheduled for release in December 2024. 849:; Aragorn's healing of Éowyn takes place on the battlefield and has sexual overtones; the Orcs turn good with Sauron's defeat. To cut costs, all flying steeds were removed. As in Boorman's other genre films, he let his earlier concept of Merlin influence his writing of Gandalf, while Galadriel's emergence from the lake recalls his Arthurian 6069:"Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema Are Set to Reunite with the Oscar Winning Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Team Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens for Two New Feature Films from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, Two-Decades After the Nearly $ 6 Billion Dollar Film Franchise Was First Introduced to Audiences" 621:

to use the profits to take care of his ailing wife. The increase in income tax rates at the time decreased Tolkien's profits from book sales, and he expected a fall-off in the sales in years to come. In 1968, Tolkien expressed skepticism about film adaptation of his works, saying "it's easier to film the

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to direct. Jackson believes this was an empty threat to get him to concede to the one-film version. He refused, but his agent Ken Kamins convinced Weinstein that getting another filmmaker to work on the project would result in further delays and costs, at which point Weinstein allowed Jackson to find

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With Conkling, Bakshi considered how to divide the story. They contemplated a three-film structure, but "we didn't know how that middle film would work". Conkling started writing a single three-and-a-half hour feature of the entire work, but eventually settled on two two-and-a-half hour films. At one

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Stanley Unwin suggested that Tolkien's inexperience in dealing with movie producers led to the generous conditions of the contract. Now elderly, Tolkien's desire to set up a trust fund for his grandchildren could indicate that he might not have expected to live and see the resulting film, and wanted

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Deitch's film was the first onscreen depiction of any of Tolkien's works, but it was little more than a narrated picture-book; a narrator tells the 12-minute short story over a series of animation stills. It was exhibited only once, in a projection room at New York to around twelve spectators pulled

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as opposed to Walt Disney, whom he loathed. While Tolkien noted that a film "would be pleasant", he delayed in reviewing the synopsis until urged by Unwin. When he delivered his initial notes to Ackerman, the agent was granted a six-month option if he could find a producer to finance the project. He

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had only just been published in the US, and had not yet achieved the commercial success it reached later. Tolkien, nearing retirement and yet to see a substantial return from his writings, was cautiously interested, saying he would "welcome the idea" of a film, "quite apart from the glint of money",

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television special to avoid overlap with their film, but fearing a fall-off in revenue from the sequel, the studio would only sign-off on a budget half that of the first film, which led the already disheartened Bakshi to argue with Zaentz and quit. In 2000, Bakshi was still toying with making part

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They contacted the Tolkien Estate, who declined, but Rankin pointed out that the books were public domain in the US. The Estate, along with Saul Zaentz who had purchased the film rights, tried to stop the production through a lawsuit, but it instead "became authorized through a series of settlement

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in mind as a potential prequel. Merchandising was of little concern at the time, but the rights for such products were included in the contract. Negotiations extended until 1969, when the rights were sold off for $ 250,000 and 7.5% of gross receipts, minus expenses, to be paid to Tolkien. Shaffer's

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Tolkien was sent a 55-page treatment by Zimmerman, which he greatly disliked. Keeping his own and his publisher's financial interests in mind, Tolkien was polite but largely critical of the script. He complained of divergence from not only the tone of the book (such as cutting elements "upon which

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said his pitch "could never have been given the grand treatment that Peter Jackson afforded it." Deitch thought the films were "serious and great." McCartney said he loved the films, and watched them each Christmas with his family. Boorman was happy about his film's cancellation, as it resulted in

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O'Dell talked to Antonioni, who is said to have been keener, but the project never started. The group argued over their desired parts, and Harrison and McCartney were skeptical. McCartney remembers that Tolkien had reservations. There were false rumours that the Beatles and Kubrick talked about an

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in 1978, enjoyed it, and "wanted to know more", reading a tie-in version of the book and listening to the 1981 BBC radio adaptation. Assuming that it would be made into a live-action film, he read about previous attempts to adapt the work – by Boorman, Kubrick and Lean – but did not know what was

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made his script, the idea of casting the Beatles (as the four Hobbits) was brought back to the table by David Picker, until the band's separation became publicly known in 1970. In retrospect, O'Dell is skeptical of the whole venture. Others involved had since described the project as "inspired

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and in Spain. To cut costs, cinematographer Timothy Galfas suggested solarizing the crowd scenes rather than fully rotoscoping them, to create a pseudo-animated look. The film was animated in the United States by Bakshi's studio. Bakshi had only four weeks to edit the film, of which little was

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Boorman had wanted Tolkien to have a cameo in his film, and corresponded with Tolkien about the project, telling him he intended to make it with small people playing the Hobbits and in live-action, which Tolkien preferred. He considered having children dressed with facial hair, dubbed by adult

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for five years. Due to a mishap in the publishing of the first edition, the book was public domain in the US; Snyder renegotiated the lease to give Tolkien and Unwin only a $ 15,000 advance. Tolkien thought Snyder was "sure to perpetrate many objectionable things" but leased the rights to the

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and pitched Zimmerman's synopsis, which proposed a three-hour film with two intermissions. Tolkien said it was described to him as an animated film, but he professed to being ignorant of the process, and it is possible that Ackerman wished to make a primarily live-action film, using animation,

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once contacted him for the rights, to no avail. In 1993, European producers commissioned a treatment for two or three live-action films, but terminated the project when it became apparent that Zaentz would not extend the rights to them. In 1997, Alan Lee was sent a script for a twelve-part TV

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The Weinsteins suggested reducing the project to a single, two-hour film. Jackson was willing to consider this, if the film was to be around four hours in length, but Miramax limited it to two hours, and offered suggestions in order to achieve this, namely amalgamating Gondor and Rohan. They

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distributed by United Artists, and agreed to buy the project. UA stayed as the distributors. Zaentz was only able to offer a humble budget of $ 8 million. Since Bakshi was primarily interested in Tolkien's more adult-oriented novel, Zaentz's Fantasy Films procured the rights to

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prequel. Medavoy offered him Boorman's script, which Bakshi refused, saying that Boorman "didn't understand it" and that his script would have made for a cheap product like "a Roger Corman film". He later called the Rankin-Bass TV special an "awful, sell-out version of

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later claimed this was because Weinstein refused to show him the scripts, but his decision to split the percentage evenly with the Weinsteins may speak to a more fundamental mistrust in the project. Harvey looked to co-operate with other studios, but was unsuccessful.

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Nevertheless, Tolkien did not wish to kill the project, saying "I think promised well on the pictorial side." Ackerman filed to extend his lease to a year, but he was unable to pay for the extension, and negotiations ended. The treatment was criticised by Ian Nathan,

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film trilogy became the highest grossing motion picture trilogy worldwide of all time, evidenced by its earning close to $ 3-billion (US). Critics have hailed the trilogy as "the greatest films of our era," and "the trilogy will not soon, if ever, find its equal."

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fell through and the rights were due to expire, Snyder commissioned Deitch to quickly make a condensed film to fulfil the requirements of the contract. The deal was for an animated, colour film but did not specify length; Deitch was told to compress the story into

1171:, Glorfindel, Arwen, and several songs. Conkling's work was deemed unsatisfactory by Bakshi and Zaentz, who brought in Peter S. Beagle to do rewrites. He insisted on a complete overhaul, and wrote a version which began at Bilbo's Farewell Party, continuing until 426:. Tolkien told Gutwillig he had "given a considerable amount of time and thought" to a film adaptation, noting "some ideas concerning what I think would be desirable" as well as the "difficulties" involved. Tolkien spoke with Gutwillig's agent and producer, 231:

Tolkien watched films, but always mistrusted the medium and his books' suitability for dramatization. He had received fanmail on the matter, some proposing to adapt the works to film and some urging him to refuse such proposals. Tolkien and his publishers,

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called Bakshi's effort a "mixed blessing" and "an entirely respectable, occasionally impressive job ... still falls far short of the charm and sweep of the original story." Peter Jackson described the film's second half as "incoherent" and confusing.

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for US$ 250 million in November 2017, making a five-season production commitment worth at least US$ 1 billion. This would make it the most expensive television series ever made. The series is primarily based on the appendices of

1023:. He was brought on board again later in the production to help illustrate the Dwarves – basing Thorin on concept art for Disney's Grumpy. He drew Gollum as a corrupted Hobbit, but Rankin insisted that he be made more ferocious. 1221:. However, the sum did not tempt the studio into making a sequel, and merchandise and VHS sales were not promising. The film won the Golden Gryphon at the 1980 Giffoni Film Festival, but critical reaction was mixed; 413:

noted the amateur nature of the enterprise, saying that it never represented a serious attempt at a commercial film. Zimmerman, who avoided filmmaking after this ordeal, donated his script to the Tolkien collection.

1019:. The designs were done by Rankin, Bass and several Japanese animators working in the United States. Lester Abrams sent Rankin 20 character designs after Rankin and Bass liked his work on an excerpt of Tolkien for 7999: 1149:. The rights to distribute the prequel remained with United Artists. Bakshi later clarified that he thought the film could "make some money" to save his studio after the commercial failure of his previous film, 6046: 1513:

myth and what was not at the time. He watched and enjoyed the fantasy films and space operas of the 1980s. He later read Tolkien's letters and learned that Forrest Ackerman, who appeared in Jackson's

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In 1999, New Line Cinema assumed production responsibility while the Weinsteins retained on-screen credits as executive producers. The three films were shot simultaneously. They featured extensive

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launched a competing offer, according to which the book would be adapted via puppetry, which Tolkien found contemptuous. Another attempt at purchasing the television rights was made in 1968.

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point, the story was to be told in flashback by Merry and Pippin to Treebeard as a setup for the second film, tentatively set to be released in 1980. Early drafts by Conkling included

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During principal photography, Jackson looked at assembled footage and decided to split the piece into three instalments, released between 2012 and 2014. The three films are subtitled

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film trilogies, but the production is intended to evoke the films with similar production design and younger versions of the same incarnations of characters who appear in them. The

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as a possible prequel. Jackson insisted on making two films; the Weinsteins "blanched" but agreed. While filming, Jackson told Elijah Wood he was not interested in directing

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did not find the scripts to their liking. Weinstein limited the turnaround to three weeks, hoping that Jackson would have to come back to him and do the one-film version.

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as a single, three-hour film. Boorman thought it impossible, but allowed himself to be persuaded. The project was announced in 1970, to be co-produced by Gabriel Katzka.

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live-action films. In May 2024, the studios announced that two new films were in development with Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens producing. The first new film was given the

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at the end. Rankin had him pare it down, and at one point wanted to cut out the spiders, but was talked out of it by Lester. Beorn was "sacrificed" to keep the Spiders.

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for roles in the film. Carradine even suggested that Bakshi do it in live-action, but Bakshi said it could not be done and that he had "always seen it as animation."

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The films were met with both critical and commercial success. With 30 nominations, the trilogy became the most-nominated in the Academy's history, surpassing the

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until later, when he incorporated the concept of the Ring of Power into the Gollum (or Goloom, as he is called in the piece) episode later in the writing, making

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Tolkien was skeptical of the prospects of an adaptation. The rights to adapt his works passed through the hands of several studios, having been briefly leased to

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script never got off the ground, but the rights were sold to United Artists in perpetuity, including the option to pass the rights to another studio. The singer

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were optioned as a sequel given pressure from the network. At $ 2 million to produce, the special would prove the costliest made up to that time; it starred

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alone). He took issue with dialogue changes as regards to the "style and sentiment" of characters, and with intercutting between the storylines of Frodo and

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from the street and provided the admission money by the exhibitors, so that they could sign a document stating that they paid to see a colour film based on

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feature film in the 1950s, but his storyboard artists deemed it too complex, too lengthy, and too scary for the company. In 1972, the storyboard artist

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pitched an animated feature to the studio, but UA were adamant they wanted the film to be live-action, although the contract options an animated film.

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cartoon; this took liberties with the text, inserting a princess of Dale who undertakes the Quest and ends up married to Bilbo. Deitch was unaware of

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Also returning were the heads of almost all departments in the production: the only major changes in the staff were of the role of the gaffer (after

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The series drew acclaim from within the industry, including from people formerly interested in adapting Tolkien: Ackerman, who appeared on Jackson's

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Kubrick declined, telling O'Dell the books were excellent, but "unfilmable". Kubrick had worked on genre films and had pioneered special effects in

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United Artists were the studio behind several of the lucrative widescreen epics of the decade. In the 1960s, long widescreen epics (presented as a

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later said that making it live-action at the time was inconceivable; Ralph Bakshi said it could have been made, but would have been "very tacky."

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about producing an animated film based on Tolkien's work for the amateur screenwriter Morton Grady Zimmerman. Ackerman showed Tolkien artwork by

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Zaentz and Bakshi sued Rankin and Bass to prevent the television special from airing, but were unsuccessful. Rankin/Bass first titled the film

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sought the rights for an animated version, aiming to make a Tolkienesque fantasy film "in the American idiom"; this led to the 1977 animation

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using new special effects technologies, but the project fell apart when Zaentz wanted more money, demanding merchandising rights for himself.

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was described to him as a fairy-castle, and he did not like the condensed story – but he liked the concept art, which he thought akin to

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with an intermission) still proved successful, but few sequels were made in that genre, and therefore Katzka-Bernie commissioned Sir

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Eventually, it became clear that the scope of the project was beyond Miramax's ability to finance. An appeal to its parent company,

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decided to adapt Tolkien's works to animation as part of their series of television specials. Rankin thought adapting the whole of

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and is intended to be released in 2026, with Serkis directing from a screenplay by Walsh, Boyens, Gittins, and Papageorgiou.

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nominations, winning 17, and a record three special awards. To prevent New Line from losing the film adaptation rights, an

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Materials pertaining to the treatments of Ackerman, Boorman and Bakshi are stored in the Tolkien papers collection of

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Commercial and legal pressures on would-be fan film producers are substantial; at least one such project, the 2013–14

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According to Peter Jackson, Tolkien disliked "the idea of a pop group doing his story" and thus "nixed" the project.

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characteristic and peculiar tone principally depends") but also the character representation (such as Sam's leaving

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Jackson's films. On the other hand, Edelmann said he thought it was "badly directed", and that "Tolkein [

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was employed to write the teleplay. His first draft tried to encompass the whole of the story, plus a setup for

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reportedly left on the cutting room floor. The whole project from pitch to release lasted about two years.

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In 1980, Rankin/Bass more or less completed what Bakshi had started with their own animated adaptation of

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would better be split across two films, he made a more modest offer of a trilogy: one film based on

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coveted Frodo. He told Jackson that Lennon would have been Gollum, Ringo Sam, and Harrison Gandalf.

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agreements" which allowed the special to air in Canada, where the books were not public domain.

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to star, but then latched onto the Beatles; however, United Artists wanted a live-action film.

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Middle-earth Envisioned: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: On Screen, On Stage, and Beyond

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Middle-earth Envisioned: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: On Screen, On Stage, and Beyond

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Work began on a sequel, and Bakshi and Zaentz tried to stop Rankin and Bass from airing the

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was chosen to direct a two-film adaptation, produced by Jackson and co-written with Walsh,

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won all the eleven awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture; as well as a

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Meanwhile, a couple of American teenagers unsuccessfully attempted to obtain the rights to

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and Arnold Picker, it was decided that a "star director" was required. O'Dell shortlisted

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omitted from Jackson's version, but has basic sets and "ludicrous" green-screen effects.

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The Use of Arthurian Legend in Hollywood Film: From Connecticut Yankees to Fisher Kings

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became the highest-grossing film opening on a Wednesday, and was the second film after

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approached David Picker about an Arthurian epic; Picker instead commissioned him to do

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bought the right to make a television series, separate from the New Line films. Titled

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Zaentz rejected many proposals for film adaptations in years to come, including from

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While he was aware that "three films would obviously be the more natural way to do"

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brought Middle-earth to the big screen in six live-action feature films released by

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was impossible, and that the audience "wouldn't sit still for it." He decided that

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Tales From Development Hell (New Updated Edition): The Greatest Movies Never Made?

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proposed an animated film adaptation to Tolkien's publishers. The final volume of

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was considered for Frodo, and Sauron is described in the script as looking like

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Tolkien negotiated television rights separately. Carole Ward suggested adapting

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Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy

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were on a three-picture deal with United Artists. Their previous two features,

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Live-action fantasy became fashionable in the early 1960s with the success of

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were interested, but unwilling to enter a project involving Saul Zaentz, and

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proved difficult because they were split between Zaentz and United Artists.

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and commissioned their workshop at WETA for some concept art, the rights to

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stated he is open to playing the role of Gandalf again in future projects.

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In 1959, Tolkien entered brief negotiations with Robert Gutwillig to adapt

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The script added many new elements and modified others. It downplayed the

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instalments, released six months apart. Although Jackson and his partner

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would not count as part of this deal, Denis O'Dell (head of the Beatles'

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each won eleven awards overall, an industry record until the release of

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The television special received mixed reactions. In 1978, Muller won a

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to visit the Beatles, with the books in his suitcase. At the behest of

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to animation for his Oscar-winning company, Rembrandt films. He leased

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Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth

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Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth

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for Best (Long-form) Dramatic Presentation in their respective years.

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stop-motion and miniature photography. Cobb scouted locations around

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prequel film in 2006, before deciding to produce two films based on

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films. It was supposedly Lucas' inability to acquire the rights to

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Top Box Office Earning Trilogies Worldwide at Box Office Mojo.com

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to write a treatment for a single, three-hour film adaptation of

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adapted to a serial in four intervals, declined by his publisher

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The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood

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is put in a hole and beaten so he can retrieve the password to

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film directed by Stanley Kubrick and featuring original songs"

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in New Zealand; principal photography began on 21 March 2011.

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tried to purchase them from the studio, but was unsuccessful.

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were said to have been interested in the rights at that time.

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in 1967 to prolong Snyder's now-valuable lease on the rights.

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Deitch stated that the extended lease included the rights to

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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary

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The Directors Series: Interview with Ralph Bakshi (Part One)

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Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings

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maintains that Snyder continued to hold only the rights to

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The first commercial adaptation of Tolkien's works was the

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died) and with stunt co-ordinator Glen Boswall replacing

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as Narrator (Tolkien), Mikhail Danilov as Bilbo Baggins,

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The making of the special was announced in April 1973 by

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In June 2021, New Line announced an anime prequel about

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Tolkien later received a suggestion in fan-mail to have

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which was then in the making. According to the animator

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Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings

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was released in 2022. Additionally, some well-received

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produced a nine-episode live-action miniseries called

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adaptation in 1965. After the rights were secured and

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In 1956, Tolkien was approached by the American agent

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for television in 1964, to air on the newly launched

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Plimmer, Charlotte; Plimmer, Denis (19 April 2016).

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The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit

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reportedly tried for the rights in the early 1990s.

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By the time Boorman returned to head of production,

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recalled that Lennon then wanted to swap for Frodo.

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