Warner Bros. Discovery will work on “multiple Lord of the Rings movies” with the production company behind the original film trilogy, New Line Cinema. The deal was announced by Warner Bros.’ CEO David Zaslav on the company’s Q4 earnings call on Thursday, though he didn’t provide additional details about what those movies will look like or what they’ll be based on.
The two companies have already collaborated on an animated film called The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimwhich will be released in 2024. The announcement confirms that the anime won’t be the only movie we see from the partnership (or, should I say, fellowship).
Of course, Warner Bros. and New Line aren’t the only companies producing content set in Middle-earth. Amazon is currently working on a second season of his Rings of power show, and Embracer Group (which now owns the rights to create stories in Tolkien’s universe) has said it is “exploring additional films based on iconic characters like Gandalf, Aragorn, Gollum, Galadriel, Eowyn.”
WBD had been hinting for a while that this would happen. During the Q3 earnings call from the company in November, Zaslav still had the rights to do Lord of the Rings movies as we talked about how the company was going to have “a real focus on franchises.”
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