Lord of the Rings ‘series’ to explore new storylines

Amazon says it has acquired the global television rights to the late J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Lord of the Rings series of fantasy novels.

The streaming giant’s planned multi-season series will explore new storylines set before The Fellowship of the Ring.

The deal includes a potential, additional spin-off series, the parties said in a press release. No casting has been announced yet.

“The Lord of the Rings is a cultural phenomenon that has captured the imagination of generations of fans through literature and the big screen,” Sharon Tal Yguado, head of scripted series at Amazon Studios, said in a statement.

Titanic to sail back into theatres on its 20th anniversary

Titanic, the Oscar-winning epic starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, is scheduled to return to some of the US theatres for a week timed to the 20th anniversary of the film’s initial release.

Starting December 1, the movie will be screened in Dolby Vision in 2D and 3D at various AMC theatres. The blockbuster was released on December 19, 1997. It was nominated for 14 Oscars and won 11, including Best Picture.

“We mastered a few minutes of Titanic in Dolby Vision and I was stunned. It was like seeing it for the first time. Now that the entire film has been mastered, I’m excited to share it with audiences across the United States,” director James Cameron said in a statement. “This is beyond 3D, beyond 70mm, it’s beyond anything you’ve seen before. The image leaps off the screen as bright and vibrant as life itself. This is the way all movies should be seen and without a doubt, Titanic has NEVER looked better.”

New The Greatest Showman trailer

Hugh Jackman chases his dream of building a circus in the second trailer for upcoming musical, The Greatest Showman. The clip which features Jackman as Barnum & Bailey Circus founder P.T. Barnum, as he struggles and ultimately triumphs in helping to create the show business industry.

In order to complete his dream, Jackman recruits a number of unique individuals to perform during his show, including a bearded woman who feel shunned by society.

“No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else,” Jackman says. “Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation,” reads the synopsis.

The Greatest Showman from director Michael Gracey, is set to arrive in theatres on December 20.

Published in Dawn, Young World, November 25th, 2017