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Huinesoron · 04-01-2019, 02:17 AM

Sounds good to me! Tolkien's whole 'and then three thousand years passed between the interesting parts' premise was always pretty dumb, so I'm glad to see they're streamlining it, as he should have done in the first place. (Of course, Isildur as 'the last king of Gondor' was already in RotK-M, so Jackson as ever was prescient on this!)

Delighted to hear PJ will be back - I hope he has some more of his amazing cameos! Ooh, idea - what if they got Andy Serkis to play Ar-Pharazon? That way, we could avoid having a physical Sauron (another of Tolkien's goofy ideas that Jackson rightly fixed), and just have him as a voice in Pharazon's head. Serkis'd be great at that.

hS

Herald of Mandos · 04-01-2019, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Huinesoron

Sounds good to me! Tolkien's whole 'and then three thousand years passed between the interesting parts' premise was always pretty dumb, so I'm glad to see they're streamlining it, as he should have done in the first place. (Of course, Isildur as 'the last king of Gondor' was already in RotK-M, so Jackson as ever was prescient on this!)

Delighted to hear PJ will be back - I hope he has some more of his amazing cameos! Ooh, idea - what if they got Andy Serkis to play Ar-Pharazon? That way, we could avoid having a physical Sauron (another of Tolkien's goofy ideas that Jackson rightly fixed), and just have him as a voice in Pharazon's head. Serkis'd be great at that.

hS

A CGI Ar-Pharazôn? Why not?

Inziladun · 04-01-2019, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Herald of Mandos

A CGI Ar-Pharazôn? Why not?

I'm only behind this if my namesake is included, and voiced by Ryan Reynolds.

William Cloud Hicklin · 04-02-2019, 04:43 PM

Bah! Nolan North.

Rhun charioteer · 04-09-2019, 11:02 AM

I hear the latest date for this to air is in 2021. As the deal is production has to start within a certain timeframe else the Tolkien estate walks away with all the money.

Amazon is probably busy casting and setting up the set infrastructure and the like.

Inziladun · 04-09-2019, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhun charioteer

I hear the latest date for this to air is in 2021. As the deal is production has to start within a certain timeframe else the Tolkien estate walks away with all the money.

Amazon is probably busy casting and setting up the set infrastructure and the like.

I wonder if I can file a lawsuit claiming Tolkien gave me the rights to all his characters and Middle Earth™ in a past life. Think that'd tie things up long enough?

Rhun charioteer · 04-09-2019, 10:31 PM

You'd have to prove you were reincarnated and that the past life was you and if you couldn't do that, your suit would be dismissed.

04-02-2019, 04:43 PM	#4
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	Bah! Nolan North. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

04-01-2019, 02:17 AM	#1
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,957	Sounds good to me! Tolkien's whole 'and then three thousand years passed between the interesting parts' premise was always pretty dumb, so I'm glad to see they're streamlining it, as he should have done in the first place. (Of course, Isildur as 'the last king of Gondor' was already in RotK-M, so Jackson as ever was prescient on this!) Delighted to hear PJ will be back - I hope he has some more of his amazing cameos! Ooh, idea - what if they got Andy Serkis to play Ar-Pharazon? That way, we could avoid having a physical Sauron (another of Tolkien's goofy ideas that Jackson rightly fixed), and just have him as a voice in Pharazon's head. Serkis'd be great at that. hS

04-09-2019, 11:02 AM	#5
Rhun charioteer Wight Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 118	I hear the latest date for this to air is in 2021. As the deal is production has to start within a certain timeframe else the Tolkien estate walks away with all the money. Amazon is probably busy casting and setting up the set infrastructure and the like.

04-09-2019, 10:31 PM	#7
Rhun charioteer Wight Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 118	You'd have to prove you were reincarnated and that the past life was you and if you couldn't do that, your suit would be dismissed.