Just over 20 years ago, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy captured the pop culture zeitgeist and became a cultural phenomena only a few franchises have been able to match. It was a filmmaking experience like no other, especially for its cast and crew. At the Fan Expo convention in Toronto, a reunion was […]
How The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power can restore Middle-earth to former glory
Chris Connor on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and its potential to restore Middle-earth to former glory after The Hobbit… Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings was a monumental cinematic achievement, managing the arduous task of bringing the world of J. R.R. Tolkien to life and introducing a new audience […]
Middle-earth gets the anime movie treatment with New Line’s Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Tolkien fans can prepare themselves for another trip into Middle-earth history as Deadline reports New Line Cinema and Warner Animation is developing an anime feature film titled The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The film will be directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) […]
Peter Jackson explains why The Lord of the Rings needed a 4K remaster
Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, has explained why they needed a 4K remaster. There have been numerous home video releases of The Lord of the Rings trilogy over the years, including the much-loved extended editions, and now the films – and The Hobbit trilogy – have been […]
Amazon announces The Lord of the Rings TV series cast
After many months of names being reported for The Lord of the Rings series but not confirmed by Amazon Studios, the streaming studio has officially announced via the show’s Twitter the full cast for the Middle-earth prequel. Starring in Lord of the Rings will be Robert Aramayo (The King’s Man), Owain Arthur (A Confession), Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland), Tom […]
What are the biggest ‘Event Movies’ of all time?
EJ Moreno on the most significant event movies of all time… It seems like everyone is excited for the Avengers film, Endgame. This event has people on social media buzzing, AMC is doing a 22-movie marathon leading up to it, and people are lining up outside of cinemas worldwide. A moment like this doesn’t happen […]
Exclusive Interview – Tolkien director Dome Karukoski on his English language debut and the Tolkien family response
Tom Beasley sits down with Finnish director Dome Karukoski to chat about his new biopic Tolkien, in which Nicholas Hoult plays the iconic fantasy author… The man behind The Lord of the Rings is finally getting the biopic treatment. With Skins star and current X-Man Nicholas Hoult in the lead role, Tolkien examines the friendships […]
The Cinematic 12 Days of Christmas
Matt Rodgers on the Cinematic 12 Days of Christmas… Tis the season, you know the one, no matter your own belief system you’re going to be exposed to seasonal songs being pumped into your every waking hour by supermarkets, cinemas, and family members. Here at Flickering Myth we’re not going to be a pre-ghosted Ebenezer […]
Sean Astin finds the prospect of a Lord of the Rings TV series “intriguing”
Just a few days ago, it was announced that a Lord of the Rings TV series is in early development, to be produced by Amazon Studios. With Game of Thrones ending next year, this could be just the thing to fill the fantasy-void sure to be left in many viewers hearts. Now, given the sprawling lore […]
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings show to bring Middle-earth to the small screen
There are enough compendiums, indexes, and characters who were cut from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings oeuvre that are still to be explored from within the pages of J.R.R. Tolkien’s source material, that the news a large-scale TV project is being developed by Warner Bros. Television should be about as surprising as the return […]