Somehow, More Lord of the Rings Movies Are on the Way

During an investors’ call earlier today, Warner Bros. announced that it will be making more Lord of the Rings movies. No details have been released at this time, but wowie zowie. 

What could these possibly be? Remakes of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy don’t seem likely, and while the idea of a Hobbit adaptation that wasn’t stretched to untenable lengths sounds nice, the final movie in that trilogy is less than a decade old. That leaves J.R.R. Tolkien’s sprawling Middle-Earth history book The Silmarillion, but that’s made up of smaller tales and legends, and isn’t really one interconnected epic. And let’s not forget Prime Video’s Rings of Power, which already holds a very weird relationship with Warner Bros.’ movies and the Tolkien estate.

What could this possibly be? What would you like it to be?

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