ANNECY, FRANCE Critics got a sneak preview of an anime prequel to The Lord Of The Rings at one of the world’s top animation festivals in France. The War Of The Rohirrim film, due for release in April 2024, is set 250 years before the events of the main trilogy of books by...
Executive producer Philippa Boyens admitted there was not much to go on in the appendices, but that they found “three significant paragraphs” to use as the basis for the story.
“We didn’t want to turn her into some kind of warrior princess,” Ms Boyens said of the lead character. “This is not just about war, it’s about the wreckage of war – that suits anime so brilliantly.” She co-wrote the film trilogies of The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit with New Zealand director Peter Jackson, but said she felt “too old” for an anime and passed the baton to her daughter, Phoebe Gittins.
With media companies milking familiar brands for a seemingly endless round of prequels, sequels, reboots and spin-offs, Tolkien’s vast universe has been a treasure trove.
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