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The Silmarillion may get a film adaptations after all (www.nme.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by Lorindol@sopuli.xyz to c/tolkien@lemmy.world

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Jackson has had discussions about the filming rights with the Tolkien estate and it seems that it could actually happen.

Could be great, could be awful, depending if it would go the LOTR or The Hobbit way.

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[–] Shihali@sh.itjust.works 6 points 20 hours ago

I think we need at least four movies:

The Fall of the Noldor: from "as early as is reasonable" to somewhere between the rising of the sun and the establishment of the realms of the Noldor
Beren and Lúthien. Put the Dagor Bragollach in the prologue.
The Children of Húrin. Put the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in the prologue.
The Fall of Gondolin and Raising of the Star. Put the War of Wrath and the fate of the Silmarils at the end of this movie.

I'm not sure where we can put the Fall of Doriath, but I'd put it in The Fall of Gondolin instead of Beren and Lúthien. I don't want to ruin the end of Beren and Lúthien by ending it with their son and grandsons killed.