J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has largely helped define the idea of epic fantasy fiction for generations of readers since its initial publication in 1954, and its impact is still keenly felt in almost every popular piece of fantasy-adjacent media we see today. And director Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning trilogy of films has, in its turn, basically come to define the idea of “Tolkien” in popular culture, turning even the most casual of viewers into hardcore lore experts on the lifestyle choices of hobbits and orcs. But Tolkien’s most famous work actually concludes his massive fantasy history of Middle-earth, the bulk of which takes place well before Bilbo Baggins ever steals a powerful piece of jewelry from creature named Gollum.
Prime Video’s The Rings of Power explores the Second Age of Middle-earth, which is set millennia before the movies, and follows the story of Sauron’s initial rise to power,...
Prime Video’s The Rings of Power explores the Second Age of Middle-earth, which is set millennia before the movies, and follows the story of Sauron’s initial rise to power,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Lacy Baugher
- Den of Geek
Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt begin shooting All You Need Is Kill today. Based on the book All You Need is Kill, Warner Bros. Pictures will open the film on March 14, 2014. The upcoming epic sci-fi thriller, directed by Doug Liman, is the first motion picture to be shot at the recently christened Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden - a film and media complex in England owned by Warner Bros. Other films that have been shot at the UK studio are James Bond: Goldeneye, Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace, and Tim Burton.s Sleepy Hollow. Most recently was The Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter films.
Brad Pitt was originally approached to play the lead, but had conflicts with other films. The Warner Bros. Pictures’, Legendary Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ film stars Cruise (the .Mission: Impossible. films, .Collateral,. .Jerry Maguire.) and Blunt (.The Devil Wears Prada,. .The Adjustment Bureau.). The...
Brad Pitt was originally approached to play the lead, but had conflicts with other films. The Warner Bros. Pictures’, Legendary Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ film stars Cruise (the .Mission: Impossible. films, .Collateral,. .Jerry Maguire.) and Blunt (.The Devil Wears Prada,. .The Adjustment Bureau.). The...
- 10/1/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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