http://www.eyeofthetiber.com/2014/10/07/peter-jackson-announces-plans-for-72-part-movie-series-of-the-silmarillion/

Hollywood, CA–At a press conference today outside his estate in Beverly Hills, acclaimed director Peter Jackson announced his plans to make a 72-film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. “It was the next logical step after doing Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit,” Jackson said. “In Lord of the Rings, we took over a thousand pages of novel and adapted it to the big screen in three extremely long films. Then in The Hobbit, we took a children’s book a fraction the length of Lord of the Rings, and also made it into three extremely long films.”

Jackson then unfolded his plan for Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, which begins with a mythological account of the creation of Middle Earth and culminates in the great battles of the Elves during the First Age. “The first film in the series is set to come out in Summer 2016. Then, every two years from 2018 to 2160, the following installment will be released.”

Returning to the original cinematic backgrounds of the Lord of the Rings movies, Jackson made an executive decision to save costs for shooting the outdoor scenes, and had his studio purchase the entire island of New Zealand. “In the long run it will cost us a lot less. Plus, now the citizens of New Zealand are the property of our studio, so we get free labor to build sets.”

这TMD是在逗我？？

Movie buffs and Tolkien nerds alike are ecstatic over the news, and Jackson, as usual, is enjoying the attention, teasing them about the contents of some of the 72 movies they can look forward to. “16 of the movies will be almost exclusively footage of the elven-folk doing various dances, and I don’t want to say much, but The Silmarillion: Part 49 is subtitled Gandalf Smokes his Pipe.”

黑子

诈尸，诈尸咯，超级英雄就是无聊，就喜欢这种史诗冒险大片……

我会让我的孙子给我烧蓝光，红光，紫光各种光的

网友评论: MrSpock
11 hours ago
Geez, only 72? He'll have to omit half the book...天呐才七十二部，那得删减了半本书吧

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Catholica
11 hours ago
Yes, that's good and all, but I wonder if any of them will finally have any battle scenes. Or maybe some "artistic license" rather than the rigid way the previous Jackson movies stuck to Tolkien's originals.
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MotherGinger Catholica
7 hours ago
Rumor has it that Gandalf marries Radagast in part 36.4.
第36部电影里干豆腐和瑞达加斯特喜结连理

为何这么屌？

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South of Reality
9 hours ago
To be fair, the last 15 movies will be "Of the rings of power and the third age" in which Jackson plans to reshoot "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" to fulfill his vision of how they should have been filmed. For example he plans to include a 45 minute CGI fight between the hobbits and barrow-wights giving Pippin a chance to show off his awesome ninja fighting skills.
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Amanda Elyse South of Reality
4 hours ago
*Slow clap* I have no words. This comment is the best I've EVER seen.
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Alex DiMarzo
3 hours ago
The first time in history that it would take less time to read than to watch the movies.
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john
4 hours ago
If Jackson really wants to do something groundbreaking, he should film the entire 72-film epic in claymation, using the California Raisins in the role of halflings and Stephen Hawking as the voice of Gandalf. That I'd pay to see.

leadingedge
7 hours ago
Hey, our country (New Zealand) is made up of multiple islands!
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Not Gramsci
8 hours ago
Cool, except that New Zealand is not just one island.
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LawrenceMVC
2 hours ago
Is it April the first today?
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shackra sislock
11 hours ago
glol!
尼玛逗我？今天是愚人节吗？

一棵树发大招