{"id":110789,"date":"2021-06-11T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=110789"},"modified":"2021-06-11T14:34:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T19:34:03","slug":"more-details-for-rohirrim-anime-oscar-winner-philippa-boyens-returns-to-middle-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2021\/06\/11\/110789-more-details-for-rohirrim-anime-oscar-winner-philippa-boyens-returns-to-middle-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"More Details for &#8220;Rohirrim&#8221; anime: Oscar-winner Philippa Boyens returns to Middle-earth!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro\">Newly-announced 2D animated feature to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.04.13-AM-1024x571.png\" alt=\"War of the Rohirrim\" class=\"wp-image-110783 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.04.13-AM-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.04.13-AM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.04.13-AM-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.04.13-AM-600x335.png 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.04.13-AM-255x142.png 255w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.04.13-AM.png 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Anime feature film from New Line Cinema set in LOTR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rumors are true: Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema held onto the feature film rights to Middle-earth and are expanding Peter Jackson&#8217;s Middle-earth Cinematic Universe with a new 2D animated movie &#8216;The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.&#8217; Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, who is celebrated for his work on &#8216;Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex&#8217; and &#8216;Ultraman,&#8217; the studio has brought on the Emmy-winning writers who universally delighted fans with &#8216;The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance&#8217; (creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews) to collaborate with Philippa Boyens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adult Swim&#8217;s Toonami executive Jason Demarco is on board as Producer. Besides being one of the leading creatives to bring anime to America, he is a huge Lord of the Rings fan and recently produced a Blade Runner anime series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anyone who knows me knows I\u2019m a true LOTR nerd. The chance to tell a Tolkien story with collaborators like Kenji Kamiyama and Philippa Boyens is literally a dream come true. And it will be a 2D, theatrical feature! Woooooooo<\/p>&mdash; SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clarknova1\/status\/1403054490958405635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wait, I thought Amazon had all the Tolkien rights now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What we&#8217;ve heard from those who know, and reading the carefully worded press releases from both Amazon and WB over the last few years, here&#8217;s what is going on with the rights to Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings&#8230; <strong>The big thing is the fans win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allegedly the Tolkien Estate has brokered the rights to Middle-earth in such a way that Warner Bros. keeps feature film &amp; motion picture rights, while Amazon can make all the TV series they want. In the first press announcement of the Amazon deal it was explicitly noted that Amazon intended &#8220;5 seasons minimum plus spinoff shows&#8221; &#8212; a clear sign that the monumental price would be recouped through many TV shows. Both companies own rights to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and *anything* mentioned in the Appendices. <strong>Amazon cannot make movies, and WB cannot make TV series. <\/strong>The most interesting part of this new &#8216;War of the Rohirrim&#8217; anime is that WB is known for direct Blu-ray releases (their excellet D.C. Comics animated films) and TV series like the popular Harley Quinn. It seems neither WB, New Line nor Adult Swim have ever released a major anime film theatrically worldwide so this will be a first as legally they probably have to release it theatrically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will it be set in Peter Jackson&#8217;s Middle-earth Cinematic Universe (the MeCU)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>YES. Warner Bros Animation head says &#8220;We\u2019re honored to partner with much of the incredible talent behind both film trilogies&#8221; a direct acknowledgement of the intention to stay in PJ&#8217;s MeCU. Oscar-winning writer of LOTR &amp; Hobbit Philippa Boyens is credited as a consultant on this production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anime story is centered on an earlier King, Helm Hammerhand, who left his legendary mark on the history of Rohan such that his kin still talk about him centuries later. &#8220;The horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep&#8230;&#8221; for the first time in this movie! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Staffer and Livestream Host <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Quickbeam2000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clifford &#8220;Quickbeam&#8221; Broadway<\/a> has the most direct recommendation for those wanting details from Tolkien himself. Clifford states: &#8220;The most salient details of the Ninth King of Rohan are readily found in your copy of The Return of the King in APPENDIX A: ANNALS OF THE KINGS AND RULERS &#8212; just jump to Section II &#8220;THE HOUSE OF EORL&#8221; and find the paragraph opening with: &#8216;Of the Kings of the Mark between Eorl and Theoden most is said of Helm Hammerhand&#8217; (page 346 HMCo Hardcover edition). And no, <em>absolutely no,<\/em> Helm Hammerhand did *not* become a Nazgul as depicted in the video game <strong>Shadow of War<\/strong>. Also there is a very brief note of reference Christopher Tolkien made: look at Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, Section V &#8220;The Battles of the Fords of Isen&#8221; and see his endnote #4 if you&#8217;re as nerdy as I am about this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Kenji Kamiyama directed Ghost in the Shell and Eden of the East, and wrote for Blood the Last Vampire. Three of the best animes ever made. Now I&#8217;m incredibly excited about this, it&#8217;s like I had an early Christmas<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Originally tweeted by \ud83d\udc09\ud83c\udfc7 \ud83d\udc32Marie B\u0142\u00f0 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\udfc7\ud83d\udc09 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EalaEarendel\">@EalaEarendel<\/a>) on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EalaEarendel\/status\/1403077269904629763\">June 10, 2021<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Helm Hammerhand, the driver of our story and one of the main characters. \ud83e\udd18\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ljKMQksv6H\">pic.twitter.com\/ljKMQksv6H<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Clarknova1\/status\/1403067888169324547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.08-AM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110792 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.08-AM-1.png 356w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.08-AM-1-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.08-AM-1-119x160.png 119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption>Helm Hammerhand, from The Two Towers at Helms Deep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.54-AM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110793 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.54-AM-1.png 396w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.54-AM-1-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-10-at-11.26.54-AM-1-190x160.png 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption>The horn in The Two Towers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim&quot; will depict the bloody saga behind Helm\u2019s Deep, the fortress from \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,\u201d and the man in whose honor it\u2019s named: Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7sCxBAJr2\">pic.twitter.com\/c7sCxBAJr2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1403054865299869697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAll of us at New Line feel a deep affinity for the extraordinary world J.R.R. Tolkien created, so the opportunity to dive back into Middle-earth with the team at Warner Bros. Animation is a dream come true. Fans know Helm\u2019s Deep as the stage for one of the greatest battles ever put to film and, with many of the same creative visionaries involved and the brilliant Kenji Kamiyama at the helm, we couldn\u2019t be more excited to deliver a fresh vision of its history that will invite global audiences to experience the rich, complex saga of Middle-earth in a thrilling new way.\u201d<\/p><cite>Warner Bros. Pictures Group COO Carolyn Blackwood and New Line president and CCO, Richard Brener<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Harken back in time and you will recall that &#8220;The Hobbit&#8221; Rankin\/Bass 1977 telefilm is billed as an American production but indeed was animated in Japan by TopCraft (much of this animation team would later go on to form Studio Ghibli, the standard-bearers of the greatest anime films ever). The team now working on &#8216;War of the Rohirrim&#8217; is some of the top talent in the industry today. Casting is currently underway for voice actors, so we expect this new film to be released in theaters worldwide in 2023 or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looked at some of our new LOTR anime director Kenji Kamiyama&#39;s past work and I can&#39;t wait to see his take on Middle Earth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k8N5C30iEu\">pic.twitter.com\/k8N5C30iEu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Liz (@AtheistjLiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtheistjLiz\/status\/1403165046730117121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly-announced 2D animated feature to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim team. 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