Will Peter Jackson make The Silmarillion movie?

Will Peter Jackson make The Silmarillion movie?

Peter Jackson is not currently making, nor ever will make, a film version of the Silmarillion because the Tolkien Estate has not granted any other parties movie rights to this particular work.

Is Peter Jackson making another Lord of the Rings?

When Peter Jackson first started planning The Lord Of The Rings films back in 1995, he couldn't have imagined how it would dominate his life. And now, six movies, 21 Oscars and 25 years later, we're heading back to Middle Earth for a brand new Lord of the Rings TV series.

Has Peter Jackson read The Silmarillion?

Peter Jackson will not obtain the rights to make a film adaptation of The Silmarillion in his lifetime, and nor will any other film-maker. Unlike The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Christopher Tolkien, JRR Tolkien's last surviving son, owns the rights to the book.

Will there be a Silmarillion?

The rest of Tolkien's work, The Silmarillion included, fell to Christopher Tolkien, and J.R.R.'s son wasn't keen on Hollywood's treatment of Middle-earth, making a Silmarillion movie very unlikely. ... However, The Silmarillion is not a conventional novel in the same style as The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings.

Is Gandalf mentioned in The Silmarillion?

Gandalf also appears in the published version of The Silmarillion in a markedly different aspect: that of a semi-divine Maia hidden within the guise of an old man, whom we met in The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. Tolkien introduces him in The Silmarillion as the Maia Olórin.

What happened to the Orcs after Sauron died?

When Sauron, at last, was slain, we witnessed the collapse of his physical works; and we know that his invisible works collapsed as well: the curses binding the Orcs to his will and direction lost their force, and the Orcs were left witless with terror, and with no will to live.

Why did Peter Jackson not sell the rights to The Silmarillion?

• As such, it's hardly surprising that he has staunchly refused to sell the rights to The Silmarillion and has blocked any advances for a movie adaptation. Despite the divisive reaction to the The Hobbit trilogy, there is very clearly money to be made in a Silmarillion movie.

Who is the director of The Silmarillion movie?

• J.R.R. Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien, is retiring from the Tolkien Estate, which means Peter Jackson may finally make The Silmarillion movie. J.R.R. Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien, recently announced his retirement as director of the Tolkien Estate, a position he's held since his father passed away in 1973.

What happens to the rights to The Silmarillion?

• Unlike The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, the film rights for The Silmarillion were never sold and still remain with the Tolkien family. Further, The Silmarillion was compiled, edited and published posthumously by Christopher Tolkien.

How many movies is Peter Jackson going to make?

• As you may have already read, Peter Jackson appears to be nowhere near done with Middle-earth. In 2014, Jackson announced his plans to make a total of 72 movies based on The Silmarillion, a history of Middle-earth.