Now it’s official: we’ll be back in Middle Earth and he will guide us again Peter Jackson! In February 2023 Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it has put in the works new films in the de franchise The Lord of the Rings and we immediately wondered if the famous director who oversaw not only the original trilogy but also that of The Hobbit he would or would not return to work on the imaginary of JRR Tolkien. Now we have the answer.
According to what was reported by foreign sources, during the conference call on Thursday 9 May relating to the results of the first quarter of the year, David Zaslav confirmed that the new films are in the early stages of script development and revealed that Peter Jackson will be involved «at every step of the way». The screenwriters will also return with him Fran Walsh And Philippa Boyens.
The news had already been anticipated in some way by the interested party last year, when he declared that he couldn’t wait to find out what Warner Bros. had in mind to do and to understand what his role could be. At the moment, it is unclear whether Peter Jackson will only produce and write the new films or whether he will also return to directing – news that would certainly please Lord of the Rings fans.
Meanwhile, the major’s CEO himself has announced that the new films in the franchise will arrive in theaters early: the expected release date is now 2026 and the new films will explore «stories that have not yet been told». The project, remember, is unrelated to the series that Amazon is producing and bringing to its Prime Video platform, that is The Lord of the Rings – The Rings of Power.
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Source: Deadline
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