‘The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim’ Review: Peter Jackson And Company Attempt Return 183 Years Earlier To Tolkein Universe Through Japanese Anime
deadline.comAmazon Prime since 2022 has been doing its own attempt to capture the magic of J.R.R. Tolkein’s wildly popular “Lord Of The Rings” universe with The Rings Of Power, setting it apart from Peter Jackson‘s LOTR and Hobbit trilogies, but still suggesting it is a distant cousin of those films.
Now however Jackson himself is behind another incarnation, along with key LOTR contributors Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyens who all won a boatload of Oscars and film immortality in the early part of this century with the Lord Of The Rings trilogy of films, each nominated for Best Picture, and finally sweeping it all in 2003 with 11 Academy Awards for LOTR: The Return Of The King.
This was followed by a Hobbit trilogy. and that appeared to be it for the Middle Earth adventures of Jackson and company, but now they have found a way back in for producing partner New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.
Animation by turning Japanese as it were, at least in turning to the world of Japanese Anime and one of its singular current talents, director Kenji Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Black Lotus; Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV Series).
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