@Antal Zollner no controversy at all, I like every members perspective of the Legendarium - and all stuff around it.

You are right about RoP. RoP is, regarding the minimum of access to the original Tolkien works, a story of its own with the too often repeated flaws etc. At the same time, I liked their angle of Gil-Galad and the Elven way to search for a solution against the decay of their world. Even at the cost of others. In the end, the Noldor were not always that friendly, right? Time to make a tv series of the flight of the Noldor, with kinslaying and all. Looking forward to it.

I expect that this new movie will bring more Aragorn and Gandalf backstory, hopefully (and finally!!!) a visit to the inside of Barad-Dur. They can cover the 17 years between the birthday party and the last visit of Gandalf to the Shire (before he was a guest at Orthanc Residence..). That’s a lot, without much source material.

Nice news, but the title of this post wasn't great.

Hopefully they won't try to pad and stretch these films like The Hobbit trilogy. Many great films are based on short stories, so I'm not to concerned that there won't be enough source material. Hopefully they can get piece-meal rights to small bits of The Silmarillion if needed.

I am not a huge fan of those screenwriters after the hobbit films and watching the bonus LoTR material. Granted, with GDT leaving mid project, i comprehend the stress of that filming.

I look forward to this new project. Time will tell, and the main 4 have worked a lot together, so fingers crossed for awesome content.

I hope they cast new faces and let the story stand a little more separate (no need for overlap casting and cameos after 25 years imo) with obvious exception to Serkis (who’s cgi).

@WnomchuckS who are "those screenwriters"?

@Telcontar88 They cannot re-add that 17 year gap because of Thranduil’s line about Aragorn in the third Hobbit film. That line only makes sense without the 17 year gap.

Interesting. 🤔 are these films going to cover the First Age with Melkor?

Read the article and find out. 😀

@Telcontar88 I agree with you about the film and what you said about the ROP.Let's hope for the best for the new film.

@Fandyllic Well as I said in my first comment, the title may indeed be a cliché, but if it bothers you that much I'll change it.

And yes, I too am hopeful that we will get a great film, and indeed there is a lot of source material available.

Edit: I cannot change the title sorry.

@WnomchuckS I agreed with you,I don't think there's much need for cameos, but if it does happen, I'll be happy (like all LOTR fans).