Re: Will a film of the Silmarion be made?

On 3 Dec 2003 09:18:42 GMT, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Silmarion is the book I prefer so I would like to know if there is a 
> project to put it on the screens. Judging the success the LOTR films got, it 
> could be worth it!

It would be like filming the Bible.  LotR is a book, with a major,
overarching plot.  The Silmarillion is a set of myths.  While the Silmarils
do hold a central place, in reality it is several related stories.

However, I do think at least some of the stories might be amenable to
filming.  I think the Turin saga and Beren and Luthien would both make
excellent movies.  I also wouldn't mind seeing the Darkening of Valinor (one
of my personal favorites in Silm).

Skip ahead to the Akkabeleth, and the tale of Ar-Pharazon's rise to power,
humiliation of Sauron, and eventual attack on Valinor would be a pretty
awesome film, and might fit very well into a prequel of the Lord of the
Rings films.  You could end it with Elendil surviving the Downfall, founding
the Numenorean kingdoms in exile, and the Last Alliance.

I've thought, over the years, that the Ainulindale might be filmable as an
animated musical film.  You could have sort of a dueling symphonies sort of
thing with the Ainur like vast rows of singers in a choir.

Of course, it wouldn't be a very commercial thing to do.  Maybe even just a
symphony based upon the Ainulindale would be pretty phenomonal.  I think
that the good Professor might have liked something like that.

-- 
Aaron Clausen

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