
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Hollywood just can’t leave things be when it comes to successful IPs, as evidenced with the news of a Weapons prequel, and once more with the upcoming Lord Of The Rings prequel, The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum.
Opinions are split. Many can’t wait to get back to Middle Earth. Others are bemoaning the fact that a prequel robs the narrative of any suspense and that the original trilogy helmed by Peter Jackson has been through enough due to The Hobbit trilogy – which stretched a 300-page book into three middling films clocking in at a total of over nine hours.