Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
not as far fetched as you would think.
at one point in time Saul Zaentz actually wanted to have George Lucas direct the lord of the rings movies.
Even before he made star wars lucas was a fan of the books. He even wanted to make lotr movies or get the rights to it at some point and instead we got willow.
Even spielberg another fan of tolkien's work was considered but passed on the project because it was obviouslly too expensive to make. These were the times lucas and spielberg where at the height of their powers the 1980's.
george even folowed the making of the lord of the rings trilogy with great interest and said peter had done a great job with the films.
that reminds me of the fact that spielberg was supposed to direct the first harry potter film and had haley joel osment cast in the role. Spielberg wanted to make changes from the novel and wanted free reign in the project and was actually fired by J.K Rowling herself . He was replaced by the director of home alone. I think spielberg was not too attached to the material anyway. of course John Willaims was there from the get go and stayed on through the directorial change to do the music.
That is a big what if. just like if james cameron had made spiderman and had leonardo dicapcrio in it.
not as far fetched as you would think.
at one point in time Saul Zaentz actually wanted to have George Lucas direct the lord of the rings movies.
Even before he made star wars lucas was a fan of the books. He even wanted to make lotr movies or get the rights to it at some point and instead we got willow.
Even spielberg another fan of tolkien's work was considered but passed on the project because it was obviouslly too expensive to make. These were the times lucas and spielberg where at the height of their powers the 1980's.
george even folowed the making of the lord of the rings trilogy with great interest and said peter had done a great job with the films.
that reminds me of the fact that spielberg was supposed to direct the first harry potter film and had haley joel osment cast in the role. Spielberg wanted to make changes from the novel and wanted free reign in the project and was actually fired by J.K Rowling herself . He was replaced by the director of home alone. I think spielberg was not too attached to the material anyway. of course John Willaims was there from the get go and stayed on through the directorial change to do the music.
That is a big what if. just like if james cameron had made spiderman and had leonardo dicapcrio in it.
I am so glad Lucas did not get the rights to Tolkien's Masterpiece, because we would have been treated to endless re-releases and revised Special Editions. I think Peter did a fantastic job.