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Hard to just walk away from lord of the rings. Especially when you’re Warner Bros. Discovery, you hold part of the rights and face tens of billions of dollars in debt. The head of the company, David Zaslav, therefore, together with the not very good financial results, announced that they are working on new titles from the vast fantasy world of JRR Tolkien. Warner managed to enter into cooperation with the video game and media company Embracer Group, which bought the rights to part of the author’s work last year and even then admitted the possibility of creating new series or films.
Zaslav has now confirmed that the management of the studio Warner Bros. signed a contract for several films from the Tolkien universe. It is not yet clear which part of the extensive history of Middle-earth and the surrounding area they should cover. The heads of Warners, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, described the pair of Peter Jackson trilogies as ground-breaking. “But for all the detail that the filmmakers have lovingly included in these films, Tolkien’s vast world on screen remains largely unexplored,” added.
Elijah Wood as Frodo in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The head of the Freemode group under the Embracer Group, which holds the rights to Tolkien’s work, also assured that they are fully aware of its cultural value and will treat it with respect. Exactly what that means remains to be seen. Warner Bros. is to work with New Line Cinema, the studio behind both of Jackson’s trilogies, on upcoming projects. On to the news she expressed also their main creative trio – director Peter Jackson and screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Embracer and Warners are said to be in communication with them and plan to at least discuss future plans with them.
Warner Bros. in addition to the announced news, he is preparing an animated film taking place 200 years before the events lord of the ringsnamed The War of the Rohirrim. It already revealed the first shot last year and the release date in April next year. Last year, Amazon also got into Tolkien adaptations in a big way with the series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerthe first season of which is said to have had a great viewership.
What the trailers show
Light and shadows
A powerful warlock is shrouding the entire continent in darkness and has created a seemingly invincible army of demons to help. Fortunately, there is his opposite, Alina Stark ruling the light. Can she develop her ability enough to stand up to the destruction? First row Light and shadows was well received.
What to let go
Belle
HBO Max | Anime/Sci-Fi | 2021 | 122 min. | ČSFD
Film Belle
You may not be able to start over in the real world, but you can in the “U” world. An award-winning Japanese film Belle tells the story of a shy girl grieving the death of her mother who finally finds solace in the virtual world and becomes a pop star. But that’s just the beginning of her journey to self-acceptance—and something similar applies to her opposite in “U,” an Animal seeking solace in destruction on the Internet. Belle is an interesting futuristic variation on Beauty and the Beastin addition to breathtaking animation and emotional depth.
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