By dubbing the animated film “The War of Rohirrim”, did Peter Jackson at the same time show his detachment from the series project “The Lord of the Rings” from the Amazon Prime Video platform?
It’s called a strange coincidence. Last night, we learned that the animated film The War of Rohirrim, an unofficial spin-off of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings dedicated to the Rohan people, will be released in the United States in April 2024.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), the feature is written by Philippa Boyens, co-writer of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, while legendary illustrator John Howe and visual effects executive Richard Taylor are also collaborating on the project.
Hardly involved in the production of the film, director Peter Jackson wanted to support the project by sharing on his social networks the announcement of the release date of the feature film; expressing his impatience, the Zeo-Dutch filmmaker specified in particular that he will be “first in line when the feature film comes out”.
Has Peter Jackson chosen his side?
However, it will not have escaped many Internet users that Peter Jackson did not react to the disclosure this Sunday of the first trailer for the series. The Lord of the Rings, titled The Rings of Power. No longer involved in this Amazon Prime Video production, the director simply seems to have ignored the broadcast of these first images, mostly well received by fans of JRR Tolkien’s universe.
Should we deduce that Peter Jackson decided to dub the animated film to mark his distances with the series? Was it a simple message of support for his former colleagues involved in the design of this feature film? Or should we see a spade towards the Amazon series (whose action takes place several millennia before the plot of the Lord of the Rings)?
Difficult to find an answer to these questions, but the reaction of the filmmaker seems to end any hope of seeing him collaborate on the series The Lord of the Ringsexpected on Amazon Prime Video from September 2.