Warner Brothers headed back to Middle Earth on the big screen

[Mephistopheles Janx]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...on-1235894513/

Peter Jackson Working on New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Films for Warner Bros., Targeting 2026 Debut

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The first film, from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, will be called Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (working title), with Andy Serkis set to star and direct the feature

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Gollum?



Why do I get the feeling they're going to **** this up in the most epic way possible?



Why can't we have a backstory movie about Gandalf?

Oh it’s going to be awful. Jackson can only do so much for a character that no one wants to see. It’s also why they are putting the extended editions back in theaters for a time. It’s their golden goose and they are hoping to milk the franchise for all they can. Greed is going to destroy what Jackson built.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

The Ents are amazing.

The Ents were good and actually part of the books. While Gollum is, he was never a character that was meant to stand on his own which is why the determination to force him down everyone’s throat is mind numbing.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Don't give a single fart, wasn't a huge fan of the originals and care even less about the reeruns

We're in our 50s, 60s and 70s now... how much longer do we have to pretend
to care about this rehashed trash?

Hollywood is out of good ideas, its starving for ideas and its eating itself now.. they're going to trash every good series from here on out with countless redo's and "alternate universes"

I'd rather watch old Gunsmoke reruns, and I will

Gunsmoke is ****ing trash.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Don't give a single fart, wasn't a huge fan of the originals and care even less about the reeruns

We're in our 50s, 60s and 70s now... how much longer do we have to pretend
to care about this rehashed trash?

Hollywood is out of good ideas, its starving for ideas and its eating itself now.. they're going to trash every good series from here on out with countless redo's and "alternate universes"

I'd rather watch old Gunsmoke reruns, and I will

Well there’s your problem.. you have terrible taste!

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

The Ents are amazing.

It wasn't so much the concept of the Ents; it was the execution. You had all the amazing special effects and groundbreaking CGI, and tossed into the middle of it was these goofy walking trees that were straight out of H.R. Pufnstuf.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

The Ents are amazing.

The Ents are amazing in the books.

They're just this sort of overpowered party trick in the movies. Because you don't really understand the weird, sad backstory of them.

That said - "A Wizard should know better!" was still a strangely badass line.

[Dunerdr]

The ents are very frustrating in their slow moving call to action but ****ing badass when they let shit rip finally.

[Fishpicker]

I thought Merry Pip and the Ents destroying Isengard was the highlight of the entire movie trilogy. it was the only fight the hobbits took part in that was feasible.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

I thought Merry Pip and the Ents destroying Isengard was the highlight of the entire movie trilogy. it was the only fight the hobbits took part in that was feasible.

It was fun but I can’t agree with Helm’s Deep and Minas Tirith on screen.

I really love the whole scene in Moria from Fellowship as well.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

It was fun but I can’t agree with Helm’s Deep and Minas Tirith on screen.

I really love the whole scene in Moria from Fellowship as well.

What issues did you have with them? Genuinely curious.

[Fishpicker]

he was saying he liked those scenes better than the dam bursting at Isengard

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

he was saying he liked those scenes better than the dam bursting at Isengard

Gotcha. I guess I misread it.