Rings of Power S3/Hunt for Gollum Anticipation and JRR Tolkien Discussion thread

[Turtletrekker]

News on two different Tolkien projects in the same number of days.

Rings of Power season three has begun production...

‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Trio Dissect Dark Lord Showdowns, Welcome A Wizard And Tease Season 3

The Rings of Power stars Charlie Vickers, Charles Edwards and Daniel Weyman discuss their series at the Deadline Studio at Prime Experience.

deadline.com

...and The Hunt for Gollum has a release date!

‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’ Set for December 2027, Next ‘Evil Dead’ Movie Nabs Summer 2026 Release

New Line announced that the next 'Evil Dead' installment is officially a go, with Souheila Yacoub set to star. M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie has also landed a release date from Warner Bros.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I figured that we didn't need two different anticipation threads and could use a general Tolkien discussion thread, so here we are. I am one of the few who have been enjoying the hell out of Rings of Power, despite its canonical digressions. I'm actually more skeptical about The Hunt for Gollum. Both the Hobbit movies and the War of the Rohirrum movie felt awfully padded out, and I can see the same thing playing out here. Especially since the story in question was sufficiently told in a 45-minute fan-film, I can only imagine how padded a 2 1/2 hour movie might feel. And then there's the (re?)casting issues involved.

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[JD]

I don't really know the Middle Earth canon that well, beyond the basic points we got in the first couple LOTR books, so I've been really enjoying Rings of Power so far. I learned a long time ago not to go into these kind of adaptations expecting them to stick exactly to what the source materials say.
I'm not quite what to make of The Hunt for Gollum, but I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic since I'm one of the few people who really likes The Hobbit movies.

 

[Set Harth]

Both the Hobbit movies and the War of the Rohirrum movie felt awfully padded out

You kind of have to pad out TWOTR if you're going to make any kind of movie out of it. It's based on like three pages of the text.