Animation ‘Lord of the Rings’ Anime Movie in the Works From New Line, Warner Bros. Animation

[Arnold Rimmer]

I know this post is a few years old, but I have to completely agree and add my bafflement as to why they turned Sam into a blithering idiot.

And I would have been REALLY curious to see how they would have handled things if Bakshi had been able to make Part 2, because there is no way that his Sam could have pulled off some of the dark, dramatic things that Book Sam has to do in the later parts of the story.

I agree, a lot of what the Bakshi movie did was head-tilting. Calling Saurman "Aramin" partway through the movie (studio meddling, I know, but still), shunting Legolas, Gimli, Merry and Pippin off to the side, giving the Balrog butterfly wings, the hard-to-make-out fight scenes (rotoscoping the orcs and Ringwraiths was a mistake).....

 

[Lily Adler]

Animation? How plebian.

 

[Still Wynning]

F***ing finally.

 

[Pennywise]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800516080643006590

 

[DarkKnight88]

Release it online WB and all will be forgiven!

 

[Drizzle]

I'm thinking that a trailer will be out within the next month so it'll be attached to either Horizon or (more likely) Twisters.

 

[Pennywise]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800559372071837817

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800561431185875382

 

[Boom]

Gimme it.

 

[chintai80]

awww sheeet...i'm digging how they are giving this a 1980s-1990s era anime look.

 

[Pennywise]

Description of the footage shown:

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim Footage Reaction: Middle-Earth Goes Anime And It Looks Amazing [Annecy] - SlashFilm

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim footage shown at the Annecy Film Festival promised a proper LOTR anime prequel.

www.slashfilm.com

 

[Link]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800527210404835711

 

[Iceman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1800527210404835711

Enough time for a proper epic.

 

[Drizzle]

There's no such thing as short movies in this universe.

 

[Pennywise]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808530572408406374