Peter Jackson Is Not Ruling Out More Middle Earth Movies
After seeing The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, my heart ached that we will probably never see any new movies set in Middle Earth again. Peter Jackson has spent the majority of his filmmaking career adapting the stories of J.R.R. Tolkien for the big screen. He has made six epically glorious films! I'm happy to report to the rest of you Middle Earth fans that Jackson is not ruling out making more of these movies.
He's not going to jump in anytime soon if it does happen, though. He has other things he'd like to focus on. This is what he told Variety:
If I had to start tomorrow, I would say no, because I definitely would appreciate a break to clear my head and get my little New Zealand stories done, which is where my passion and my heart is heading now. But ask me in two or three years, and I’d probably say yes. It would be hard to see another filmmaker go into this world, because I certainly have an emotional ownership of it.
So if there were plans to return to Middle Earth for another movie or three in the next couple of years, Jackson would be down to jump on board. Tolkien sold the film rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings back in the 1960s. The Tolkien estate still retains rights to the author’s other works, though, including The Silmarillion, which would have to be the next film project if there ever was one. Who knows if the Tolkien estate will ever allow Jackson to do it, though. I love what the director has done bringing these books to life. If he ends up making any more, I'll be a happy fan.