Elijah Wood Has Some Thoughts on Those NewLord of the RingsMovies

Earlier this class , Warner Bros. announced itwould be making raw Lord of the Rings moving-picture show and the corporate reply was , “ expect , what ? ” Director Peter Jackson already made six of those — andwith an liven up film on the path , as well as aTV show at a compete studio apartment , it washard to have any perspectiveon what these films could possibly be .

One person whodoes have that perspectiveis Elijah Wood . Wood , who encounter Frodo Baggins in the original Lord of the Rings movie trilogy , is presently on Showtime ’s Yellowjackets and was take about the new filmsin a visibility by GQ . His response was adequate parts hardheaded and hopeful . “ I ’m fascinated and I ’m worked up . I hope it ’s dependable , ” Wood told the magazine . “ I ’m surprised — I do n’t bed why I ’m surprised because of course there would be more movies . ”

Ellen Price Wood continued . “ Obviously at the core of that , is a desire to make a set of money . It ’s not that a bunch of executive director are like , ‘ Let ’s make really awful art , ’ ” he say . “ And , again , not begrudging anybody because , of course , it is commerce . But great artistic production can come from DoC . So those two things are not mutually exclusive . But [ Peter Jackson ’s ] Lord of the Rings did n’t hail out of that place . It come out of a passionateness for these book and desire to see them realized . And I desire that that is ultimately what will tug everything forward with whatever these subsequent movies are . I just hope that it ’s the same motivate component at its marrow , whenever they hire a screenwriter and a filmmaker — that it is with awe for Tolkien ’s material and enthusiasm to explore it . ”

Frodo Baggins himself, Elijah Wood, is pragmatic about the new Lord of the Rings movies.

Frodo Baggins himself, Elijah Wood, is pragmatic about the new Lord of the Rings movies.Image: Warner Bros.

That feels like the good take . Yes , we want these motion picture to be good , whatever they end up being . Yes , it ’s plain a clientele conclusion because most movie - devising is a business decision . And yes , you just have to go for whoever end up apprehend that ring for the journey ahead does so from a place of mania .

All six of Jackson ’s Lord of the Rings movies , including the extend edition of the originals , arecurrently streaming on HBO Max .

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