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🎭 Lord of the Rings Animated Traditions & Exclusive Lin-Manuel Miranda Insights
We dug into the roots of animated Lord of the Rings adaptations, and Lin-Manuel Miranda spoke about a surprising potential musical project.
Michael Ahr
December 20, 2024
Friday Edition December 20, 2024
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Not everyone has seen the late ‘70s animated interpretations of J.R.R. Tolkein’s Middle-earth saga, but there are some surprising commonalities between The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and earlier adaptations. The roads go ever on and on…
Plus, we sat down with multi-award winning Lin-Manuel Miranda at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park where the vibes were as sunny as the locale for this theater geek. The setting was appropriate for the ensuing chat about Mufasa: The Lion King, but we also gleaned a bit of insight about a possible stage adaptation of a classic 1979 action movie turned musical!
— Michael Ahr
MOVIES
Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim Connects to More Than Just Books and Peter Jackson
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
Believe it or not, the flashy new anime film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, has more in common with the late ‘70s, early ‘80s animated Tolkien efforts than picky Tolkein fans might realize.
While the film obviously honors the books of J.R.R. Tolkien and the films of Peter Jackson, which the film is technically in canon with, there’s deeper referential magic at work here. Mild spoilers ahead!
MORE LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
Lin-Manuel Miranda Considers If He’d Make Warriors into a Movie
Lin-Manuel Miranda grew up loving the 1979 action thriller, Warriors, and in particular, its iconic line of dialogue, “Warriors, come out and play-yay!” He even went so far as to release as a concept album along with musician Eisa Davis, filled with starry friends and vocalists like Ghostface Killah, RZA, Nas, Colman Domingo, and Phillipa Soo. So is he developing a musical for the stage or the big screen?
The answer to that question has a lot to do with development rights, but for now, the released tracks are Miranda’s “love letter to a movie,” although he’s open to “exploring what it looks like on the stage.”
“Lin-Manuel considers Mads Mikkelsen one of the all-time great James Bond villains and thought that never writing for his voice amounted to a dereliction of duty.”
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TODAY’S QUIZ
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EDITOR’S PICKS
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GAMES
The Best Cards Games to Play This Christmas
Photo: Bicycle Playing Cards
You’ve decorated the tree together, maybe even sang some songs. There’s plenty of egg nog left, and you’ve got a great playlist going. Guess what it’s time for? A rousing game of cards! Good games, fun games, games that will really pass the time well!
Here are three extremely cool and classic games you try out this holiday season, most of which you haven’t thought about in a while. Dig in! These may take a second to pick up, but the rewards are a really great time indoors while the snow falls outside.
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