LOTR Prequel

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Macalaure

How is the situation of the rights for the Akallabêth? It's part of the Silmarillion after all...

My understanding is that Zaentz acquired only the film rights for LotR and The Hobbit. If any film is to be made based on the Silmarillion or any other material, it would, I believe, the rights would need to be acquired from the Tolkien Estate.

Originally Posted by Macalure

To be honest, I don't think what happens between the Hobbit and LotR is enough to make a whole movie. We have the stories of Saruman and the White Council, of Aragorn and of Gollum, all very interesting, but I fail to see a real plot and a climax. It would be more like the filmmakers picking at the bones of the things that are left and at their disposal and making it into a movie just for the sake of making another one. I don't think it would have the slightest chance to keep up with the other four movies.

I thoroughly agree. There is no central plot. Merely a series of events linking two tales.