Nowadays we can only think of The Lord of the Rings movies as a trilogy by Peter Jackson. At that time, the plan for three films was initially in jeopardy. The idea of three parts in a row with one not exactly world-renowned director to shoot encountered problems at the beginning. At some point, even Quentin Tarantino came up for discussion.
An article by the British Far Out Magazine has the heavy origin story of the lord of the rings trilogy explained again. We summarize the most important information for you.
Peter Jackson was threatened on Lord of the Rings with Quentin Tarantino as his replacement
At the very beginning, the director presented his idea of a Lord of the Rings film trilogy to the Miramax studio, headed by Harvey Weinstein. Back then, Jackson wanted one first standalone Hobbit film shoot and then shorten the Lord of the Rings story into two films.
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The producer, now convicted of sex crimes, was previously notorious for radically changing film ideas or recut finished works extremely allow. As the initial financier, Disney was also skeptical about a director who had previously shot bizarre splatter classics like Braindead.
After absurd demands from Miramax, including killing three hobbits, Weinstein pressured Jackson even more. If he couldn’t make Lord of the Rings as a single two and a half hour film, this one would Quentin Tarantino as a replacement get on board.
Jackson was eventually so frustrated that he left Miramax and pitched his project to New Line studio CEO Robert Shaye. He even specifically requested that Lord of the Rings implemented as a film trilogy becomes. This allowed the masterful fantasy franchise as we know it to emerge after all.
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