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Ian McKellen Thinks the Gollum Movie Could Be His Final Job
It’s only been about a month since Warner Bros. revealed it was working on a new Lord of the Rings movie. With Andy Serkis in the director’s chair and mocap suit, the studio’s fully set to get the Hunt for Gollum prequel film in theaters by 2026, and that’s naturally got people talking about if…
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How Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Married Hollywood’s Past and Future
When The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King released into theatres December 15, 2003, it had the feel of a significant moment in Hollywood’s trajectory, not only from a cultural standpoint (it became the second-highest grossing blockbuster ever, at the time) but from the standpoint of accelerating Hollywood’s movement toward capitalising on…
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Journey to Middle Earth for up to 40% Less With This Tolkien Book Sale
Gather round doughty Hobbits if you’re eager to garner a precious collection of Lord of the Rings books that’ll make Gollum green with envy. If you follow the will-o’-the-wisps over to ye olde Amazon Australia, you’ll find a plethora of discounted Tolkien book deals on everything from a LOTR box set to a bargain on…
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Harvey Weinstein Threatened to Give Lord of the Rings to Quentin Tarantino
Let’s be clear: if Hollywood mega-producer-turned-convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein had actually fired Peter Jackson as director of Lord of the Rings and replaced him with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Quentin Tarantino, it probably wouldn’t have cracked the Top 100 of the most monstrous things the former Miramax head has ever done. But Weinstein…