“Normally, the executors of the estate want to promote a work as much as they can,” Adam Tolkien said. James Corden Auditioned for ‘Lord of the Rings’ to Play Samwise: It Was ‘Not Good’ “And it seems that ‘The Hobbit’ will be the same kind of film.” And while most families of authors would be thrilled to be associated with a billion dollar franchise (even if, in this case, they only get a small portion of that coin), as Christopher’s son notes, that’s not the case here. “They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25,” Christopher said of “ The Lord Of The Rings,” revealing he turned down an invitation to meet Jackson. And he has ripped into Jackson’s trilogy of movies and expressed his concern about “ The Hobbit.” But for whatever reason an interview given to Le Monde last summer by the 88 year-old Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. They’ve been ever wary of the multiplex spectacle approach to the source material, at one time suing New Line over royalties, but they’ve also generally stayed out of the media spotlight, preferring to pout in private. The Tokien Estate hasn’t been too fond of Peter Jackson’s “ Lord Of The Rings” films.
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