Warner Bros. said Thursday that it will release more films in its The Lord of the Rings franchise. The first of the films is still in script development but it is planned to be released in 2026.

Warner Bros. said Thursday that it will release more films in its The Lord of the Rings franchise, the first of which is still in script development but is planned to be released in 2026.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    The farther it gets from the source material, the worse it gets. There is no source material to cover what they want to do here.

    • Runwaylights@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      While I do agree that Tolkien’s work is exceptional, The Wheel of Time shows us that studios have no problems with fucking up good source material. So it can probably go either way

    • RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      so what? It will either be terrible or interesting. Either way, we, personally, have nothing to lose from this being made and a lot to win if it’s not terrible.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        3 months ago

        We have a lot to lose because it’s taking money away from other projects that aren’t likely to suck.

        • RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          3 months ago

          There isn’t a fixed budget somewhere that all these projects are competing for. Whomever is financing this movie is not going to finance whatever projects you’re talking about. However, it might just be that if this is a success and brings a profit and visibility, those other smaller projects will get more funds thrown their way.