Biopics are all the rage these days, so it makes complete sense that someone would want to put together a film about Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien.
November 7, 2016
In very early January we shared interesting intel from a theme park forum where a source said Universal and the Tolkien family were working on developing a Lord of the Rings/Hobbit theme park.
Now a new trademark registered just one week ago lends credence to these reports.
Universal Orlando has had huge success with The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure since its opening in June 2010.
With that in mind, and that great Potter card up their sleeve, there are rumors that the park is talking with the Tolkien family about a Middle Earth theme park.
Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth nearly a decade after the Lord of the Rings trilogy garnered $3 billion and 17 Oscar wins with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Ambitious in its attempts to recapture the same grandeur and spectacle, the film is only a shadow of its predecessors as it spreads a thin narrative across a nearly three-hour running time.