And, believe it or not, the flashy new anime film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, has more in common with the Rankin/Bass animated Tolkien efforts than you might realize.
As always, a few ground rules. While there are a handful of Lord of the Rings adaptations, we’re solely going to be looking at theatrically released films, so none of the Rankin/Bass specials ...
Is That It for The Lord of the Rings Anime? War of the Rohirrim‘s opening weekend figures don’t look promising for the franchise’s animated future. Even with the Lord of the Rings IP ...
approached the filmmaker Peter Jackson and his longtime screenwriting partner Philippa Boyens about making a new animated “Lord of the Rings,” Boyens at first had a hard time wrapping her head ...
Kamiyama and screenwriters Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou frame The War of the Rohirrim as a historical tale told by The Lord of the Rings' Éowyn (Miranda Otto, returning in voiceover).