New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies Set at Warner Bros

[{"selector":"#anim-26cb2832-e40e-4289-bd38-f49605fbb869","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-66614b8a-3db2-469b-b58d-af4d8987556b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.45741%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] On a Thursday, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav announced that newly-installed studio leaders Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have brokered a deal to make “multiple” films based on the beloved J. R. R. Tolkien books

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[{"selector":"#anim-b90f4d97-464e-4495-bf64-6d12466277b5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-094c52e6-9a05-4fd4-a2b2-be3888fb335c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.72393%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Peter Jackson directed the original "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which earned close to $3 billion worldwide. Jackson's subsequent trilogy, which was based on Tolkien's "The Hobbit," also made a similar amount of money.

[{"selector":"#anim-972e896d-a920-4d22-8667-663bbc807d04","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-646d193d-189a-45e3-b45e-5c4b5c47fae2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-120.93023%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Warner Bros. and Embracer "have kept us in the know every step of the journey," according to Jackson and his key "Lord of the Rings" partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens in a statement to Deadline. No directors have yet been hired to the projects.

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Last year De Luca and Abdy left MGM to take the helm of Warner Bros.

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