Peter Jackson May Adapt Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion’ into Film Series

Peter Jackson has revealed that he is in talks to adapt further works by The Lord Of The Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, including The Silmarillion .

The Oscar-winner directed the original Lord Of The Rings trilogy between 2001-03, as well as splitting The Hobbit into three movies from 2012-14. These remain the only films to have been directly adapted from Tolkien’s books, with films such as The War of the Rohirrim and TV show Rings Of Power taken from information within the appendices within the books.

However, in a discussion with Deadline , Jackson revealed that he and studio Warner Bros were in discussion with Tolkien’s estate to adapt previously unavailable works, most notably The Silmarillion , a collection of myths and stories posthumously released in 1977, edited by his son, Christopher.

The filmmaker noted that a change in personnel on the board of Tolkien’s estate may lead to them acquiring the rights.

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“Christopher Tolkien edited and published other (J.R.R. Tolkien) books – The Silmarillion , Unfinished Tales – I mean there’s a lot more Tolkien writing that would actually make great movies that were subsequently edited and released by Christopher,” he explained. “But he just absolutely not… those rights have never been available.”

“But Christopher passed away recently, well, I suppose two or three years ago now, and the younger Tolkiens, this next generation, are now running the estate. They’re much more open to talking, so a combination of Warners and us have been talking to some of the younger Tolkien members who are now part of the board, about the possibility of actually licensing the rights to some of the other books. It would be nice to get away from the appendices and get something a bit more meaty.”

Two further films based around Tolkien’s works are in production: a prequel to The Lord Of The Rings , titled The Hunt For Gollum , which will be directed by Andy Serkis. There will also be the sequel The Shadow Of The Past , based on a chapter of The Lord Of The Rings book, which will be adapted by Stephen Colbert .

Recently, Peter Jackson shared an anecdote about a time a delivery driver told him The Hobbit movies were “crap” .

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