I don't think that you could do justice to a complex story like the Silmarillion by making it into a movie. I think that it would fit a lot better as a TV series. The individual chapters could easily make a half-hour or an hour-script, and for long, convoluted stories like the Lay of Leithien or the Narn i Chin Hurin, we could split those up into several episodes. <P>As for casting, I've already given it a thought, and I've started working on a script for the pilot episode (The Creation). Even though it might confuse a few people, I think that Viggo Mortensen would make an excellent Beren. There is no one else in the world who can act the way he can. He is the only person I would trust to pull something like that off. I've actually looked up pictures of a few male models that could make good Elves, and all I need to do is find out if they can act. <P>Any other helpful ideas people?
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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