All said and done, Peter Jackson's two trilogies based on JRR Tolkien's work made more than $6 billion worldwide for Warner Bros. So we perhaps should not be very surprised to learn that parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has hatched a deal to make more movies.
To be clear, these new planned films will be separate from The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim, the animated story of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. That one is already headed to screens next year on 12 April.
Given that the news has only just been revealed by WBD CEO David Zaslav on an investors' call, there are naturally zero details as to where the new films might draw from, but we'd hope the company doesn't look to tread the same old ground. (The Second Age is also likely off limits thanks to Prime Video's mega budget TV series.)
As for whether Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens will be involved, nothing is official on that front, though they have commented: “Warner Brothers and Embracer have kept us in the loop every step of the way,” the trio said. “We look forward to speaking with them further to hear their vision for the franchise moving forward.”