Peter Jackson to make two more "Lord Of The Rings" movies...

[Archae]

Looks like one is going to be about Gollum.

https://www.wisn.com/article/new-lord-of-the-rings-film-coming-in-2026/60744250

[RandySF]

1. How many books were there?

[Easterncedar]

2. Cue the wet birth of orcs footage

The gelatin-lens swooning love interest side plot with Gollum might be interesting

[atreides1]

3. Well

There were 3 books that make up the trilogy, but there are connected story lines in the appendices in the last pages of The Return of The King.

[Archae]

4. 5 that I know of...

The Silmarillion
The Hobbit
Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return Of The King

The film stories may be based on the first one.

[Hekate]

11. The Professor left masses & masses of notes that his son Christopher edited into a dozen more...

JRR had an entire world and mythology in his head — Creation, gods, elves, the fight between good and evil throughout the long ages. He wrote and wrote for decades — it’s just that as a full-time professor he didn’t have time to finish everything. Hobbits don’t figure much into the Great Story Arc.

I inherited The Children of Hurin and The Silmarillion from a friend. Couldn’t get into Silmarillion, and Hurin left me cold (literally, as in my mind it was always gray and snowing). I know there’s a few more around my house, but frankly, like most people, the Hobbits draw me back. I agree with Sam Gamgee that we little people weren’t made to live on the heights for all our days.

If Peter Jackson or anyone else chooses (and I know there was meant to be a series on Netflix or something), there’s a superabundance of backstory to draw on. Christian Tolkein died in 2020 at the age of 96.

[AllaN01Bear]

15. like star wars and flash gordon etc could go on forever?

[AllaN01Bear]

16. the creator created this and he invited us to ride along with him in his world as a number of

other properties did .

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. According to what I have read, Jackson is the producer...

Andy Serkis (Gollum) will be starring in and directing that one. Which means it should be good, as he is a master storyteller.

[bbernardini]

6. Lord of the Rings: Mission to Moscow. nt

[Orrex]

7. I still haven't seen LotR: Citizens on Patrol

So no spoilers, please!

[AllaN01Bear]

17. i c what u did there ! . lol

the search for more money. (spaceballs ref)

[Elessar Zappa]

8. I'm looking forward to it.

I didn’t really care for Rings of Power because the writing wasn’t good and it kinda ignored Tolkien lore (I don’t care about black elves and hobbits, that’s irrelevant to me). But Peter Jackson has a good track record.

[Orrex]

9. Is this a story that anyone has been dying to see?

Literally no villain (or anti-villain) has ever benefited from a prequel film ponderously exploring their origins.

[electric_blue68]

13. I'm not sure about this...trying to remember when whomever had to find Gollum. He was captured by Sauron's minions at...

some point
It might depend on on who"s searching, and when.

I don't have a real interest in seeing Semgol's descent into Gollum.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. a question, how can mr jackson make 2 more movies when hes done all of the books .

my friends , you bow to no one , then the whole company bows and frodo is like ,,, what just happened here?

[Hekate]

12. There's a *dozen* more edited by Christopher Tolkein. See my post #11 above

[electric_blue68]

14. What I'd Love, but. Probably not happen is either...

I got the hardback of The Silmarillion the first day it hit the NYC's bookstores! 😄
I"d been waiting a couple of decades for it!

Now the second time I couldn't get through it, I got bored. But first time was exciting!

I'd love to see the raising of
🧡 The Two Trees! And what follows after that.
Or...

Bilbo's poem: Eärendil Was A Mariner.
Oh, the visuals of that poem/story! Stunning, mysterious, magical, majestic! 🧡

[Tree Lady]

18. I thought the Tolkien estate and Amazon

own the rights to make movies. Is he working with them?