Warner Bros. Discovery can be engaged on “a number of Lord of the Rings films” with the manufacturing firm behind the unique movie trilogy, New Line Cinema. The deal was introduced by Warner Bros.’ CEO David Zaslav throughout the company’s Q4 earnings call on Thursday, although he didn’t present any further particulars about what these films will appear like or what they’ll be primarily based on.
The 2 firms have already been working together on an animated film known as The Lord of the Rings: The Battle of the Rohirrim, which is due out in 2024. The announcement confirms that the anime gained’t be the one movie we see from the partnership (or, ought to I say, fellowship).
After all, Warner Bros. and New Line gained’t be the one firms producing content material set in Center-earth. Amazon is at present engaged on a second season of its Rings of Power show, and Embracer Group (which now owns the rights to make tales in Tolkien’s universe) has mentioned it’s “exploring further films primarily based on iconic characters similar to Gandalf, Aragorn, Gollum, Galadriel, Eowyn.”
WBD has been hinting that this is able to occur for some time. Throughout the company’s Q3 earnings call in November, Zaslav nonetheless had the rights to do Lord of the Rings films whereas speaking about how the corporate was “going to have an actual give attention to franchises.”