Warner Bros finally plans to return to the Middle Earth with new live-action productions that explore the rich universe created by JRR Tolkien.
According to Variety, the team behind the celebrated trilogy of “The Lord of the rings”, including the director Peter Jackson and the screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyenswill be in charge of producing the first new project and even “They will be involved in every step.”
The project was announced by David ZaslavCEO of Warner Bros Discovery, in an information with the conglomerate’s shareholders, and for now the new film does not have a title nor are there any details about its story. It is only clear that it will hit theaters in 2026..
However, the Warner boss stressed that The script is in its early stages of development. and the plan is to explore stories that have not been tackled until now on the big screen.
That is, it is not clear if it will be a story taken from the appendices of The Lord of the ringsas happens with the series “The Rings of Power” from Prime Video, which does not have rights to the novel by The Silmarillion.
Middle Earth returns to the cinema
“The Lord of the Rings is one of the most successful and revered franchises in history and presents an important opportunity for the film business,” Zaslav stressed during the announcement.
Consider that the Middle-earth franchise, which has included the trilogies of The Lord of the rings and The Hobbit, To date it has raised $5,860 million dollars.
His next installment will be an animated film titled “The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim”, which will address an ancient king of Roham after whom the fortress of Helm’s Deep was named.
In February 2023, it was announced that Warner Bros. already had an agreement to generate “multiple films” based on Tolkien’s stories, which will be developed through the label. New Line Cinema. The same one that has housed all the films in the saga since The Fellowship of the Ring.
