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forthcoming Amazon series and the 20th anniversary of “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.”And now, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation are working together to make an anime accompaniment to the notable “LOTR” films, Deadline reported Thursday.The new animated project, “The War of the Rohirrim,” will center around the King of Rohan’s epic battle with Helm Hammerhand.

Lord Of The Rings anime film is on the way from New Line and Warner Bros.The stand-alone production is called The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim, and will focus on the history behind the fortress at Helm’s Deep which is explored in The Two Towers.According to Empire, the film is aiming to connect to Peter Jackson’s two trilogies in “some way”, with Philippa Boyens, who worked as a consultant on set for both.It’s also being fast-tracked for release, “with production and voice casting underway”.Speaking about the new anime production, Warner Bros’ Carolyn Blackwood and New Line’s Richard Brener released a joint statement, saying: “All of us at New Line feel a deep affinity for the extraordinary world J.R.R.

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The J.R.R. Tolkein franchise is heading back to the big screen in a fresh New Line and Warner Animation anime title The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.  I’m told that the Oscar-winning feature architects Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are not involved with the project as we speak, but that will be determined down the road. Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings: Return of the King scribe Philippa Boyens will be a consultant on the new project directed by Kenji Kamiyama. The pic is being fast-tracked with animation work done by Sola Entertainment. Voice casting is currently underway. Pic will be distributed around the globe by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Universal is going old school in its push of Jurassic World: Dominion, and for those interested in seeing a snippet of the latest installment, they’ll have to head to an Imax theater, starting on the domestic opening weekend of F9, June 25, in more than 40 countries.

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Refresh for latest…: While the horror genre was the biggest global draw this weekend, the results are far from horrific. New Line/Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It led the international box office with $26.8M from 43 markets while Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II saw its sophomore frame add $19.2M. The films were bolstered by domestic which continues to see audience appetite for returning to cinemas.

Ever since they were kids and Emma Watson admitted to having a big crush on her “Harry Potter” co-star, Tom Felton, the romance rumours between the two have swirled. The co-stars have stayed close over the years, only adding fuel to the fire. So when ET’s Ash Crossan got the chance to speak with Felton, 33, ahead of Warner Bros. launch of the first-ever “Harry Potter” flagship store in New York City, she had to ask if there was anything to the rumours.

Refresh for updates: Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II grossed $4.2M yesterday, which is the best Tuesday recorded at the domestic box office since the onset of Covid in mid-March of last year.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League has returned to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart, following the film’s release on DVD and Blu-ray.

If Regina King is on the shortlist of directors to helm the upcoming Superman movie, someone forgot to tell her! During an appearance on MSNBC's  the actress turned director was seemingly shocked to learn that she's at the center of the buzz surrounding the film. Host Tiffany Cross broke the news to King that she is one of the directors currently regarded as the top contenders to helm the project for DC and Warner Bros.«You and Barry Jenkins, both of your names have been thrown out there,» Cross told King.

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros.’ chiller “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” topped the box office with £2,708,455 ($3,839,694) in its opening week as the U.K. basked in late May sunshine and a long bank holiday weekend.The good weather that traditionally keeps audiences outdoors did not appear to have a detrimental effect on the box office, with Sony’s family-friendly “Peter Rabbit 2” scoring £2,045,999 in its second week in second place, according to numbers released by Comscore.However, if going purely by weekend numbers, “Peter Rabbit 2” collected £2 million, a shade over the £1.9 million taken by “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.”“Peter Rabbit 2” has now collected more than £7,484,061 in the U.K.

They’ll always have a place at Central Perk. Jennifer Aniston opened up about the jarring feeling of going back to the set Friends was filmed on 17 years after the show came to an end.

Regina King is reacting to the possibility that she’ll be directing the new Superman movie.

During an MSNBC interview on Saturday, Regina King learned, live on the air, that she is perhaps being considered to direct an upcoming Superman film for Warner Bros. and DC.

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer returned to their old soundstage, Stage 24 on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, and toured the reconstructed sets they called home for 10 top-rated seasons of TV.Aniston joined Gayle King on her SiriusXM show, on Thursday to open up about the tidal wave of emotions she felt during the cast's tear-filled and joyous on-set reunion.«It was a sucker punch in the heart in a way,» the actress shared.

EXCLUSIVE: Without a Trace alum Enrique Murciano has been added to the cast of Warner Bros. and Plan B’s Father Of The Bride reboot which is being directed by Gaz Alazraki. The pic will revolve around a Cuban-American family led by Andy Garcia and also starring Gloria Estefan and Adria Arjona.

3RD UPDATE, 9:20 AM: The release-calendar moves for Sony’s toon sequel are multiplying like rabbits. The studio today moved Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway up by another week to June 11; it had been set for June 18. The family pic, which has cumed $31.4 million in its international rollout thus far, now will go up against Warner Bros’ Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights and a slew of limited-release films.

ER and launched in September 1994 and “we worked next door to each other every day on the Warner Bros. lot,” Margulies says.

Deadline, this Willy Wonka prequel is set to be a musical treatment once more like 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder, so Timothée will be airing his musical talents to the world for the first time.The film is a co-production between Warner Bros – its third adaptation of the story, having also been responsible for Tim Burton’s 2005 take with Johnny Depp – and The Roald Dahl Story Co., so it should be set to follow more in the spirit of Dahl’s original characters than in the 1970s.The author infamously hated the first musical adaptation of his book, calling it ‘crummy’.This Willy Wonka origin movie will be directed by Paddington’s Paul King (if you’re not already excited, let’s remember Paddington 2 is currently

Dune star has been rumoured to take on the iconic role for a few months, with Deadline now confirming that he is on board for Warner Bros’s Wonka.The film will look at the Roald Dahl character’s adventures before he opens his chocolate factory, with song and dance numbers reportedly set to be included as well, meaning that Chalamet will get to showcase his musical skills.Wonka will be directed by Paddington‘s Paul King, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ghosts star Simon Farnaby.