A full-length anime based on the universe of John R.R.
Tolkien.
The project was named The Lord of the Rings: The Rohirrim War.
The tape will be produced by Warner Bros.
Animation collaborated with New Line Cinema on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as his three-part adaptation of The Hobbit.
It will be directed by Japanese director and animator Kenji Kamiyama (Ultraman: The New Hero) and written by Jeffrey Addis and Will Matthews, who previously collaborated on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
The film is produced by Joseph Chow, who had a hand in the Appleseed Ex Machina projects and the Evangelion series.
According to Variety, the anime will take place approximately 260 years before the events of the original trilogy.
In the center of the plot will be the ninth king of the state of Rohan - Helm Hammerhand.
One of the locations will be Helm's Deep, where the battle unfolded, known as the Battle of Hornburg.
It was featured in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
“Fans know Helm's Deep as the setting for one of the greatest battles in film history.
Many of those gifted visionaries (who helped bring this battle to the screen -
RT
) are
involved in our project
, and the magnificent Kenji Kamiyama is at the helm.
We look forward to presenting a new vision of this story that will allow global audiences to take a completely different look at the rich and multifaceted saga of Middle-earth, ”said Warner Bros. Chief Operating Officer.
Pictures Group Carolyn Blackwood and New Line Cinema CEO and Chief Creative Officer Richard Brener.
According to the head of Warner Bros.
Animation by Sam Register, as part of the new project, the audience will be presented with a hitherto unknown story.
“We are waiting for a new epic story from the world of J.R.R.
Tolkien who has never been told before, "Variety quotes the Register.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim is expected to be linked to six paintings by Peter Jackson.
© Still from the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
At the same time, work is underway in New Zealand on an Amazon game series based on Tolkien's novel.
The action of the tape takes place several millennia before the events of the trilogy.
Roles in the series are played by Morfidd Clarke ("Dark Beginnings", "The Alienist"), Owain Arthur ("Death in Paradise"), Tom Budge ("Pacific Ocean"), Megan Richards ("Wanderlust"), Ismael Cruz ("The Mandalorian "), Game of Thrones stars Robert Aramayo and Joseph Mole and other actors.
The directors of the project include Juan Antonio Bayona (Jurassic World 2), Charlotte Brandstrom (The Witcher) and Wayne Yip (The Dregs).
It is known that the budget for the first season will be about $ 465 million, making the series the most expensive in history.
For comparison, according to Deadline, an episode of "Game of Thrones" averaged about $ 10 million, so it took about $ 100 million for each season.
A novel by John R.R.
Tolkien's three parts (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King) were first published in the mid-1950s.
Later, the book was translated into no less than 70 languages and gained popularity in many countries - more than 150 million copies were sold worldwide.
In the 2000s, director Peter Jackson filmed the novel.
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean and other actors played the central roles in the films.
All three parts were successful at the box office - the first grossed $ 888.4 million, the second - $ 943.5 million, the third - $ 1.142 billion. The tapes were warmly received by critics (their "freshness" rating on the Rotten Tomatoes portal is 91%, 95% and 93 % respectively) and won a number of prestigious awards, including the Oscars. The first film received nominations in 13 categories and won four of them, the second took two statuettes in six nominations. The final part of the trilogy claimed prizes in 11 categories, including Best Film and Best Director, and won all of them, repeating the success of films such as Ben-Hur and Titanic.
In the 2010s, Jackson's film trilogy "The Hobbit" was released, based on Tolkien's story "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again." It is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings about the adventures of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen. The films did not receive such high ratings from critics, but each earned about $ 1 billion at the box office.