The Lord of the Rings franchise is growing. This is not only ensured by the Amazon series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but also the upcoming animated film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Because of the sci-fi hit Dune: Part Two and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, he had to The start of the fantasy epic has now been postponed by eight months become.
When is the new Lord of the Rings movie coming out?
As Deadline reports, The War of the Rohirrim will now be released on December 13, 2023 in the USA and probably on December 12, 2023 in Germany. Previous US launch date was April 12, 2024. The date could not be kept on due to a chain of postponements for which the ongoing Actors and writers strike in Hollywood responsible for.
Sci-fi hits and Godzilla films push Lord of the Rings out of the cinema schedule
Because of the strike because the stars of Dune 2 can’t promote their film at the moment, so production company Legendary pushed back its US release date from November 3, 2023 to March 15, 2024.
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Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya in Dune 2
On March 15, 2024, however, the monster blockbuster Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire started for Legendary, which is now to come on April 11, 2024. That was the Lord of the Rings producers obviously a little too much competition, so that the fantasy epic was postponed by a whole eight months.
While the shifts will frustrate fantasy and sci-fi fans alike, it’s important to keep the Acknowledging the importance of the strike for performers and writers. Corona, streaming and AI have changed the industry forever. Meanwhile, Amazon Prime subscribers can look forward to a small ray of hope: Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was not delayed by the strike.
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