Why?
$$$
The insane, generation defining success of the Gollum game made that inevitable
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.
They saw shitty Rings of Power did well.
Sweet shiny goldses precious!
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I appreciate that the two people most invested in doing a good job are the ones making it, but I do not have high hopes. I simply don’t see any way to make this good without completely ruining Gollum.
Why the fuck would I want to watch that? There’s plenty of stories to tell in middle earth, but this just seems like scraping the bottom of the barrel for no reason in particular.
Because this movie isn’t for fans of Lord of the Rings. That wouldn’t make enough money. But even if you’ve never watched them, read them, or know anything about it, everyone knows Gollum.
stupid fat hobbits ruinsed it
First the Gollum video game, and now his very own movie. They’re trying real hard to ruin the character.
I think the studios and Peter Jackson are engaged in a protracted legal battle over the rights to the IP, and it’s complicated. But I bet that they have to keep making films to retain the rights, and Gollum is a LotR character that is not in the Similarion or other unpublished writings, and the character was a cultural phenomenon.
There’s no reason to think Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis will make something as bad as the Gollum videogame.
The original trilogy is so beloved because it’s an excellent adaptation of one of the greatest book series ever. This is not that. Good or bad, this will be outright fanfiction. No thanks.
Script notes: Gollum drinks a Pepsi to satisfy investors
I’m inclined to agree with you, except if it’s good, I’m happy to enjoy a well-produced bit of fanfiction. If it’s bad, I won’t bother and I will forget it exists entirely. It’s not even like an adaptation of something I love, because they’re filling in gaps between the written stories.
Of course, there’s a worst case scenario, where they make a film people love, but fuck up the details of the greater story, and I’m the only person who seems to care that they have shat on the legacy. Like they somehow reveal that Gollum was the physical manifestation of Morgoth, and was subconsciously working against Sauron to prevent being overthrown by a lesser evil. That would upset me, but worse still would be if it’s a huge success and I have to hear people talking about it all the time, and see people wearing t-shirts with Gollum in black Valar robes, sitting on a throne made out of Sauron’s iconic helmet, wearing all the Rings of Power.
Like if that became a cultural touch point, I’d hate it. But that’s really the worst case scenario.
Oh yeah don’t get me wrong, as long as they don’t fuck with established events I’m not mad about this movie existing. It just doesn’t appeal to me at all. The only lotr movies I really want are ones based on the Silmarillion stories, and sadly I suspect we’ll have to wait another 20 years(or more, if the copyright considers Tolkiens son the author) for it to enter public domain before that happens.
Yes, but imagine how much better CG and practical effects will be in 20 years! Maybe they build a giant animatronic, fully articulated Ungoliant for the movie!
please no
Silmarilion continues to be untouchable it seems :(
Hopefully they make it a trilogy for absolutely no fucking reason /s
Is seems obvious how you would make three gollum films
- pre The Hobbit
- between The Hobbit and LotR
- post LotR
Is post LOTR just a 2 hour falling/melting montage
With Orlando Bloom
/s
Yeeeeahhh…
Oh this is going to suck
