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Elijah Woodhas cautious optimism about the upcomingLord of the Ringsfilms.
TheYellowjacketsactor — best known for playing Frodo Baggins inThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy — shared his thoughts on Warner Bros. developing multiple new franchise films.
“I’m fascinated and I’m excited. I hope it’s good. I’m surprised — I don’t know why I’m surprised because, of course, there would be more movies,” Wood, 42, toldGQin aninterviewpublished Friday.
“Obviously, at the core of that, is a desire to make a lot of money. It’s not that a bunch of executives are like, ‘Let’s make really awesome art,'” he continued. “And, again, not begrudging anybody because, of course, it is commerce. But great art can come from commerce. So those two things are not mutually exclusive.”
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“ButLord of the Ringsdidn’t come out of that place,” Wood noted. “It came out of a passion for these books and wanting to see them realized. And I hope that that is ultimately what will drive everything forward with whatever these subsequent movies are.”
He added, “I just hope that it’s the same motivating factor at its core, whenever they hire a screenwriter and a filmmaker — that it is with reverence for[J.R.R.] Tolkien’s material and enthusiasm to explore it.”
Alongside New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. announced in February that the studio obtained amulti-year deal to develop new featuresbased on Tolkien’sLord of the Ringsbooks andThe Hobbit.
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Peter Jackson’s live-actionLord of the Ringstrilogy hit theaters between 2001 and 2003, breaking several box office records andraking in more than $1 billion worldwide. The films also earned a combined 17 Academy Awards.
He went on to direct threeHobbitfilms for the studio, released from 2012 to 2014.
Meanwhile,The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerhas been renewed for a second season at Amazon Prime Video. The series is not directly based on Tolkien’sLord of the Ringsnovels but his 1977 posthumous collection of myths and storiesThe Silmarillion.
source: people.com
