Warner Bros., which owns Warner Bros. Discovery, said it had reached a multi-year agreement with Middle-Earth Enterprises, a unit of Embracer Group AB, to collaborate on new films.
“The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, which began in 2001, won 17 Oscars. Three “Hobbit” movies were released in 2012. Six films directed by Peter Jackson have grossed over $6 billion at the global box office.
“For all the scope and detail lovingly packed into two trilogies, the vast, complex and dazzling universe dreamed up by JRR Tolkien comes to life on film,” Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-presidents Michael De Luca and Pam Abdi said in a statement. largely overlooked.” statement.