Elijah Wood hopes that the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ films are made with the same reverence as the originals.
Elijah Wood, the star of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, has expressed his 'surprise' over plans that Warner Bros. Discovery are developing multiple new films based on the original novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. The studio made the announcement in February.
“I’m fascinated and I’m excited. I hope it’s good,” Wood said to GQ magazine about the new films. “I’m surprised—I don’t know why I’m surprised because, of course there would be more movies.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Obviously at the core of that, is a desire to make a lot of money. It’s not that a bunch of executives are like, ‘Let’s make really awesome art.’ And, again, not begrudging anybody because, of course, it is commerce. But great art can come from commerce. So those two things are not mutually exclusive.
Peter Jackson's films came out of a passion for these books and wanting to see them realized. And I hope that that is ultimately what will drive everything forward with whatever these subsequent movies are. I just hope that it’s the same motivating factor at its core, whenever they hire a screenwriter and a filmmaker—that it is with reverence for Tolkien’s material and enthusiasm to explore it.Why Is Warner Bros. Returning to the Fantasy Well? All that Warner Bros.
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