Tolkien Movie

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#1

For my fellow Tolkien lovers. But why didn’t Peter Jackson direct this?

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/tolkien/?pp=0&epik=dj0yJnU9NFc3eFZtMXlsZDZhRS1aOUpJMzFpbU5TeXNadGllRUQmbj1CS3FkcXh1QUlCMnVsLXU3TGZQTGVnJnQ9QUFBQUFGeGx0Yjg

#2

I guess the producers didn’t see the need to split it up into 14 movies.