Derek Black Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 (edited) It seems there's a Tolkien biopic on its way, set during the Great War with fantasy elements from his books playing a part in the scenes. Trailer 1. Trailer 2. Edited 7 March , 2019 by Derek Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedCoat Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 YES PLEASE! Kind regards, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 Lily Collins. Count me in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 She does look like Edith Bratt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 I thought Tolkien had a moustache? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 I keep hearing about Tolkien today. Allegedly, when his son Michael enlisted in the army, he entered his father's occupation as 'wizard'. Could be Baader-Meinhof effect, or perhaps the publicists pay people to post Tolkien 'facts'? Is Mr Black on the payroll? How can I get a piece of the action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 7 March , 2019 Share Posted 7 March , 2019 1 hour ago, Skipman said: I thought Tolkien had a moustache? Mike You're not wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 23 April , 2019 Share Posted 23 April , 2019 It seems that the missing moustache is not all that is wrong with this production https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/tolkien-estate-disavows-forthcoming-film-starring-nicholas-hoult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 23 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 23 April , 2019 (edited) The Tolkien estate seem to disapprove of anything they don't have a hand in, standard for them really. They were dead against film or tv adaptions, then recently sold some tv rights.... Edited 23 April , 2019 by Derek Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 April , 2019 Share Posted 23 April , 2019 But then they are real people and he was a real person, something which the rest of the world seems to have forgotten in the pursuit of fame and/or money. If they feel the film misrepresents him they're entitled to say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyacinth1326 Posted 26 April , 2019 Share Posted 26 April , 2019 (edited) Wasn't he at Thiepval or one of the associated redoubts in the Autumn of 1916 with the Lancashire Fusiliers or am I thinking of somebody else ? Edited 26 April , 2019 by Hyacinth1326 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 According to 'The Guardian', the film has been disowned by both the Tolkien family and his literary estate. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 Wonder if John Garth (author of 'Tolkien and the Great War') said anything about it at the GW Conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 From my paper.... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thwarted-by-his-bitter-guardian-still-tolkien-held-on-to-his-precious-ttfs6mdvg?shareToken=4d599c7d497727e918f6078d68bdbaba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 29 April , 2019 Share Posted 29 April , 2019 11 hours ago, seaJane said: Wonder if John Garth (author of 'Tolkien and the Great War') said anything about it at the GW Conference. I don’t remember that he did, but undoubtedly someone will correct me if I’m wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid the Ba Posted 30 April , 2019 Share Posted 30 April , 2019 On 23/04/2019 at 13:36, seaJane said: But then they are real people and he was a real person, something which the rest of the world seems to have forgotten in the pursuit of fame and/or money. If they feel the film misrepresents him they're entitled to say so. Indeed they are but Tolkien's Estate have always given the impression they want to control everything involving the author not just his published works and copyrights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMeech Posted 5 May , 2019 Share Posted 5 May , 2019 On 07/03/2019 at 21:34, seaJane said: You're not wrong. Hi 'J.R.R. Tolkien' makes an appearance in episode 15 of series two of 'DC's Legends of Tomorrow'. The episode is titled 'Fellowship of the Spear' (see what they did there?), the actor that plays him, Jack Turner, does have a moustache, despite the probable much lower budget. Quite 'unhistorical' but at least they got the upper lip correct! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 6 May , 2019 Share Posted 6 May , 2019 The Guardian is not enamoured of the film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/05/tolkien-review-film-nicholas-hoult Cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 6 May , 2019 Share Posted 6 May , 2019 The Times on Saturday, gave it a very favourable review. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 May , 2019 Share Posted 6 May , 2019 Tottygraph wasn't impressed 21 hours ago, MikeMeech said: the actor that plays him, Jack Turner, does have a moustache, despite the probable much lower budget. Mike I'm on quite a low budget: moustache-growing is, indeed, a poor man's sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Curragh Posted 6 May , 2019 Share Posted 6 May , 2019 On 23/04/2019 at 12:33, michaeldr said: It seems that the missing moustache is not all that is wrong with this production https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/tolkien-estate-disavows-forthcoming-film-starring-nicholas-hoult I understand from John Garth that the disavowal from the estate is simply a distancing from the production rather than any form of criticism. John's comments however were rather more critical I am afraid - historical accuracy did not appear to get in the way of a good story (for a change). Brian On 29/04/2019 at 22:18, Pighills said: I don’t remember that he did, but undoubtedly someone will correct me if I’m wrong. See my comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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