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Warner Bros. is working on new Lord of the Rings movies

Warner Bros. is working on new Lord of the Rings movies

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Warner Bros.

The announcement was conducted by Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, during the shareholder call this Thursday. the executive assured Wall Street that Warner will continue to produce content about franchises like The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.

“We understand how beloved these works are and we’re going to be working in conjunction with New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, to honor the past, look to the future and add the highest levels of production and quality”, express Lee Guinchard, CEO of Freemode, part of Embracer. For his part, michael de luca and Pamela Adbyheads of Warner’s film part, added: “20 years ago, New Line took an unprecedented leap of faith to create these incredible stories., these characters and the world of The Lord of the Rings on the big screen. The result was a series of iconic films that marked a generation of fans. But despite the details and the enormous size of the two trilogies, the complex, vast and compelling universe dreamed up by JRR Tolkien remains largely unexplored in the cinema. This opportunity to invite fans into the cinematic world of Middle-earth is an honor and We are excited to partner with Middle-earth Enterprises and Embracer on this adventure.”

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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In August 2022Just weeks after the release of The Rings of Power, many fans were shocked to learn that the rights to Tolkien’s works were bought by another company. Even more, the new owners of the license to perform movies, theatre, merchandising, theme parks and video games on Middle-earth are, precisely, a company dedicated almost entirely to the gamer industry.

Embracer Groupa Swedish conglomerate of video game companies, secured the deal to acquire Middle-earth Enterprises. This division now owns the rights to license or produce literary works such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogyas well as other writings authorized by The Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins that, the company remarked, “have not yet been explored.”

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At that moment, Embracer said that “future opportunities include exploring films based on iconic characters such as Gandalf, Aragorn, Gollum, Galadriel, Eowyn, among other characters from Tolkien’s literary works,” as well as “continuing to give him new opportunities for fans to explore this fictional world through merchandising and other experiences.

The previous company that owned Middle-earth Enterprises was The Saul Zaentz Company, founded in 1976 and known for having produced films such as Caught Without Exit. That same year she got the rights to Tolkien’s works and in 1998 they were licensed to New Line Cinema to make the famous trilogy directed by Peter Jackson.

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