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Warner Bros. to Release First New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ in 2026, Peter Jackson to Produce and Andy Serkis to Direct (variety.com)
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[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 50 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Why?

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 months ago

The insane, generation defining success of the Gollum game made that inevitable

[–] brandon@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

Lord of the Rings will start entering the public domain in 2044, so all the rights holders are going to squeeze the IP as much as they can over the next twenty years.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 8 points 6 months ago

They saw shitty Rings of Power did well.

[–] Razzazzika@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Sweet shiny goldses precious!

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