James Strong Will Direct a Biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien

[The Nth Doctor]

TheOneRing.Net reports that Broadchurch and Doctor Who director James Strong will be making a biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien.

The film — featuring a script by Angus Fletcher, based on six years of interviews and archival research — will chart the tumultuous events that inspired him to pen Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogies: when war broke out in 1914, disrupting his Oxford life with his wife Edith Bratt, Tolkien embarked on four years of battle, hardship, and new friendships, which served to shape his imagination and start him on the path to Middle Earth.

I wonder if Christopher Tolkien is involved in any way.

 

[publiusr]

I look forward to seeing it.

 

[Greg Cox]

And someday it will end up on a joint DVD with Shadowlands. :

(The C.S. Lewis biopic from several years back.)

 

[Gaith]

^ I saw the play Shadowlands in London nearly a decade ago. Apart from there being a wardrobe on stage, I think, I can remember not a damn thing about it.

 

[Causchy]

I greatly look forward to this ....