CastAway 488 Posted January 16, 2020 I will legitimately commit murder if this leads to Hollywood fucking up The Silmarillion. If someone's willing to hire a competent crew and director and pay the money for the effects, and make it a TV/web series so there's space to allow things to play out, fine. But if they fuck that up and we end up with the DCU version of Middle Earth from here on out... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted January 16, 2020 Quote The Beatles planned to do a live-action version with Paul McCartney as Frodo Baggins, Ringo Starr as Sam Gamgee, George Harrison as Gandalf, and John Lennon as Gollum. The group approached Stanley Kubrick to direct the film. Even though he briefly considered directing the film, Kubrick turned the offer down, as he felt the novel was unfilmable due to its immensity Would it have been kino? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runebomme 377 Posted January 16, 2020 52 minutes ago, CastAway said: I will legitimately commit murder if this leads to Hollywood fucking up The Silmarillion. If someone's willing to hire a competent crew and director and pay the money for the effects, and make it a TV/web series so there's space to allow things to play out, fine. But if they fuck that up and we end up with the DCU version of Middle Earth from here on out... the fall of gondolin would make a brilliant film/series in the right hands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roaming_comrade 471 Posted January 16, 2020 Well Tolkien's son had a long and nice life making millions of his silmarillions. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,589 Posted January 17, 2020 He was a hit for me in 20/20. First in a long time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted January 17, 2020 21 hours ago, runebomme said: the fall of gondolin would make a brilliant film/series in the right hands Countdown to a Beren and Luthien holiday movie coming in 3, 2, 1 But no the stories can be fab in the right hands. Unlikely that they will get those right hands though, unfortunately 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,089 Posted October 3, 2021 Tolkien estate agrees to pay £7million to the taxman (msn.com) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,067 Posted March 1, 2022 Last of the Tolkien children Priscilla Tolkien reportedly dead aged 92: https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/memory-priscilla-tolkien Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#Family 5 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,630 Posted March 1, 2022 That seems to spell the end for his thread then, no? A chapter of cultural history closes RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted March 1, 2022 We will soon have the Amazon series to discuss. I can already hear old Chris turning in his grave. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,589 Posted March 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Toast said: We will soon have the Amazon series to discuss. I can already hear old Chris turning in his grave. Why, because he left a few of his Dad's laundry list unpublished in lavish hardback editions? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,155 Posted September 2 https://x.com/drhingram/status/1830689461866217716 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
