In 2001, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released on the cinema screens - the adaptation of the first part of JRR Tolkien's trilogy about the great battle of good and evil in Middle-earth. For the next two years, Tolkien fans around the world counted the days until the second and third part of the film adaptations were released. In December 2003, all expectations were met, but the enthusiastic audience did not want to believe that the fairy tale had come to an end.
Finished legends
The history of the battle for the Ring of Omnipotence ended with the accession of King Aragorn to Minas Tirith. The heroes lived their lives, and their departure was highlighted by the author in the last chapters of the book.
However, "The Lord of the Rings" was the most famous, but not the only creation of the Oxford professor Tolkien. He wrote it as a continuation of the story "The Hobbit", and that is because his other work, "The Silmarillion", was not accepted for publication. The English philologist and linguist dreamed of creating his own epic, since, in his opinion, there was no full-fledged mythology in England.
As a result, the novel "The Hobbit" and the epic novel "The Lord of the Rings", which the publishers divided into three parts with different titles, came out from under his pen and were published during his lifetime. The rest of the books: "The Silmarillion", "Children of Hurin", tales and legends were published after the death of the professor by his son Christopher Tolkien. All these books tell about the creation of the world called Arda, the history of its peoples and countries. Middle-earth, the battlefield for the ring, is only part of one of the continents of Arda.
Once upon a time there lived a hobbit
John R. R. Tolkien sold the rights to The Lord of the Rings in 1968 for $ 15,000, so Peter Jackson had no problems with the adaptation. He created truly masterpiece films, carefully preserving the spirit of the great book, since he himself is an ardent fan of it. But the descendants and relatives of the professor, especially Christopher Tolkien, did not like the film adaptation.
Of all Tolkien's relatives, only his grandson Simon supported Peter Jackson's creations, which led to a deterioration in his relationship with his family.
When Jackson decided to film The Hobbit, it took several years to find out the copyright holder. Since The Hobbit was published in one part, the director wanted to make one film based on it, but the film companies demanded that it be split into two parts for reasons of financial success.
Filming began on March 20, 2011, and a year later it was announced that the film version of The Hobbit would be released in three parts. This decision, although it stretched the expectations of the premieres, made it possible to supplement the action with storylines from the appendices to "The Lord of the Rings" and show fans as much of their beloved world as possible.
In total, three Lord of the Rings films have been nominated for 30 Academy Awards and won 17 of them, an absolute record for a trilogy movie.
What's around the bend?
After the release of the third part of "The Hobbit", the question of the inevitability of parting with the world of Middle-earth will arise again. "The Silmarillion" tells about the higher powers of Arda, about the appearance of elves, people and gnomes - that is, there will be enough material for a whole series of fascinating and beautiful films.
However, the rights to "The Silmarillion" are fully owned by Christopher Tolkien, who unequivocally stated that he would not allow the adaptation of the ancient legends of Middle-earth.
