Embracer just bought Middle-earth Enterprises (rights to everything, not just games)

[Infinitron]

 

[Abu Antar]

They also have 227 projects in the pipeline. I don't know if all of them are video games.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

90% of that is shovelware.

 

[jimster]

Seems like Middle Earth output is ramping up a lot after Christopher Tolkien died.

 

[deuxhero]

I wonder if their definition of "New" would include updates/remasters of some old games.

 

[ADL]

 

[J1M]

The only good thing about the hobbit movie was the song. They should make a musical about the Shire.

 

[passerby]

How rich leveraged is the Embracer group !?

fxd

 

[Elttharion]

The only good thing about the hobbit movie was the song. They should make a musical about the Shire.

Hey, this scene was funny too.

All the songs were good even if the misty mountains one was very different from how I envisioned it


The first movie was pretty bad but it did had some good moments, even if it felt terribly overstretched. Movies 2 and 3 are outright terrible and should be purged from history.

 

[randir14]

Let's see if the Rings of Power backlash will make WB think twice about screwing with the story and characters in major ways. They already shoehorned a black guy into one of the Mordor DLC's.

 

[Talby]

My Lord, Gondor Calls For Aid.

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

The first movie was pretty bad but it did had some good moments, even if it felt terribly overstretched. Movies 2 and 3 are outright terrible and should be purged from history

I remember watching the first two and being sort of ok with them, but obviously below the expectations. The third one is an abomination though, had they made 2 films instead of 3 it would probably work so much better.

That being said I'd have to rewatch them. Maybe a year or two ago I've rewatched lotr trilogy and while I remember thinking Fellowship was the worst in the past, now I thought it was the best, so perhaps I'd change my opinion on hobbit too. Do I want to though?

 

[fuzz]

Have you watched any of the edits? I've only seen this one, was okay.

 

[S.torch]

Seems like Middle Earth output is ramping up a lot after Christopher Tolkien died.

The Tolkiens don't manage and have never managed any of the corporations that put those aberrations out. So this has nothing to do with them.

These have always produced trash, even before Christopher Tolkien passed away.

 

[Elttharion]

Here is your new Aragorn, enjoy.

 

[Gerrard]

Criatura indeed.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I thought Aragorn was a Dunedain not a Black Numenorean.

 

[J1M]

I thought Aragorn was a Dunedain not a Black Numenorean.

Wizards thinks he's British.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

He was a native american

 

[ADL]

Now Jackson — and his writing partners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens — are the precious talent Warners hopes to get on board with its efforts after Amazon seemingly fumbled its courtship of the filmmaker (Jackson told THR that Amazon had reached out to him about its series, but then — after the company’s executive shake-up — he was never sent any scripts). Sources say Jackson and Walsh were very frustrated that so many believed they were involved with Amazon’s show, and are now engaging with Warners/New Line, curious as to how they’ll be stewards of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy.

Good luck with that. They're gonna have a hell of a time after how much WB fucked with them on The Hobbit films.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Every fucking Hob(o)bit now gets its own show.

 

[mediocrepoet]

LotR Kart complete with chibi renditions of your favourite characters like the Witch King of Angmar and Gandalf! Who will win the wagon-kart race for the One Ring!?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

LotR Kart complete with chibi renditions of your favourite characters like the Witch King of Angmar and Gandalf! Who will win the wagon-kart race for the One Ring!?

Strider Wingfoot

 

[lightbane]

So, LEGO: LOTR with karts? Better than Amazon's adaptation.

 

[ADL]

"We own Lord of the Rings, and we know we need to be exploiting Lord of the Rings in a very significant fashion and turning that into one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world," Karch said. "And that's obviously something we're going to be doing.

"That's a much better use of resources than some of the other projects that some of our teams have been working on. Working together we have those oppurtunities and we're super excited to see that working relatively quickly."

https://www.eurogamer.net/we-know-we-need-to-be-exploiting-lord-of-the-rings-embattled-embracer-says