The Lord of the Rings (movie series)
2001-2003 three films directed by Peter Jackson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lord of the Rings movie series is a set of three fantasy movies: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). The movies were based on J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings.
The plot of The Lord of the Rings is about the war of the peoples of the fantasy world Middle-earth against a dark lord known as "Sauron." At the same time they try to destroy a ring which would give Sauron a lot of power if he got it, but the only place to destroy the ring is deep into Sauron's land Mordor.
The movie trilogy was directed by Peter Jackson. The screenplay was written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson. It was distributed by New Line Cinema.
These were the first live-action Lord of the Rings movies made. They were filmed in New Zealand from October 1999 to December 2000, and released separately in December 2001ā2003 by Warner Bros.
Jackson returned for a prequel The Hobbit trilogy and two more movies are in development: an animated The War of the Rohirrim prequel movie and a live-action The Hunt for Gollum movie.