I'm less confident about Warner Bros. Lord of the Rings plans after the new Middle Earth movie

The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim is the latest entry in the celebrated and immensely popular Lord of the Rings film series, which tells the story of Helm Hammerhand defending the kingdom of Rohan from an army of Dunlendings. War of the Rohirrim Reviews were divided, although there were not many ardent supporters of the film, as its box office failures became apparent during its first weekend in theaters. Personally, I think the film is solid enough, but its release has me worried about future plans for the Lord of the Rings franchise.

Since the rights The Lord of the Rings franchise were sold a few years ago, the number of releases in the series has been steadily increasing, from video games to TV shows, with an influx of new feature films being released and, unfortunately, War of the RohirrimMixed reactions are at the forefront. However, its release and the next episodes of the franchise worry me that the Lord of the Rings the series will see a lot of mistakes made in the name of trying to generate as much content as possible.

War Of The Rohirrim Didn't Feel Like A LOTR Story That Needed A Movie

The Lord of the Rings It's a huge franchise, so of course the rights holders will do everything they can to make as much profit as possible from the IP, but this certainly has the chance of making the series seem less unique as more and more projects are released. released under his name. The War of the Rohirrim ok, but doesn't seem like something that adds much to the story of the Lord of the Rings universeit feels exactly as if a short story had grown to two hours.

The story of Helm Hammerhand and the Dunlendings comes from the original Lord of the Rings appendices, published by Tolkein at the end of the Return of the King book. I haven't read the full appendices myself, but the story of Helm and his family fighting the Dunlendings is a small part of the story of Rohan and the House of Eorland definitely not enough to fit an entire movie. While War of the Rohirrim has done an admirable job of taking what was written and expanding on it, it's a worrying trend for the franchise to follow.

The War of the Rohirrim makes me more worried about the hunt for Gollum

The upcoming prequel is very similar to the War of the Rohirrim

THE Lord of the Rings project set to come later War of the Rohirrim is a live action film called The Hunt for Gollumdirected by Andy Serkis, who obviously played the character Gollum in the original trilogy. The next adaptation is similar to Rohirrim in the sense that it is also drawn from a small piece of Tolkien lorewhich in this case is a chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring in which Gandalf explains to Frodo the story of the ring and Gollum, explaining that he and Aragorn had to capture Gollum.

Again, I think that even though it was done mainly just to maintain LOTR's rights, The War of the Rohirrim it's a good film. However, the fact that the next film is also doing exactly the same thing, looking for an obscure piece of Tolkien lore to try and turn it into a film seems like a good way to make people lose interest. The reason War of the Rohirrim bombed at the box office was because your basic idea just wasn't enough to create a truly great productand the same may be true of the next.

The hunt for Gollum is even harder to get right than the Rohirrim war

The film will have yet another uphill battle

Unfortunately, The Hunt for Gollum will go through even more difficult times than War of the Rohrrim did so, for a number of reasons, most notably because the story the upcoming film is based on is even shorter than Helm's. I think the story of one of the greatest kings of Rohan is at least interesting, with a beginning, middle and end that The War of the Rohirrim uses, while The Hunt for Gollum It essentially comes down to what it says in the titlebeing Gandalf and Aragorn trying to find Gollum.

The upcoming prequel will also have to contend with the legacy of the original films and characters, who are loved by so many, myself included. I love Sir Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen's performances in the original films, and while McKellen may return in The Hunt for GollumMortensen likely won't, leaving some very big shoes to fill. While The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim It was a decent time, the franchise's next projects will face an uphill battle to win over people.