“Once a staple of the pre-Marvel multiplex, The Lord of the Rings universe has been missing from movie screens for an entire decade, ever since series director Peter Jackson wrapped up his painfully distended adaptation of The Hobbit in 2014.
“But thanks to the magic of legal negotiations — Warner Bros. needed to produce another big-screen instalment to retain the property’s film rights — J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth is back in cinemas, albeit in the guise of an anime-style prequel.”
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