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Tolkien, with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to The Return of the King, which expand on the story told in The Hobbit, as well as new material and characters written especially for the films. Together they act as a prequel to Jacksons The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The films are subtitled An Unexpected Journey 2. The Desolation of Smaug 2. The Battle of the Five Armies 2. The screenplay was written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, who was originally chosen to direct before his departure from the project. The films take place in the fictional world of Middle earth sixty years before the beginning of The Lord of the Rings, and follow hobbit. Bilbo Baggins Martin Freeman, who is convinced by the wizard. Gandalf the Grey Ian Mc. Kellen to accompany thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield Richard Armitage, on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon. Smaug voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch. The films also expand upon certain elements from the novel and other source material, such as Gandalfs investigation at Dol Guldur, and the pursuit of Azog and Bolg, who seek vengeance against Thorin and his ancestors. The films feature an ensemble cast that also includes James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace and Luke Evans, with several actors reprising their roles from The Lord of the Rings, including Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis. The films also feature Manu Bennett, Sylvester Mc. Coy, Stephen Fry, Mikael Persbrandt, Barry Humphries, and Lawrence Makoare. Also returning for production, among others, were illustrators John Howe and Alan Lee, art director Dan Hennah, cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, and composer Howard Shore, while props were again crafted by Weta Workshop, with visual effects managed by Weta Digital. The first film in the series premiered at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand on 2. November 2. 01. 2. One hundred thousand people lined the red carpet on Courtenay Place, and the entire event was broadcast live on television in New Zealand and streamed over the Internet. The second film of the series premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on 2 December 2. The third and final film premiered at Leicester Square in London on 1 December 2. The series was a major financial success, with the films classified as one of the highest grossing film series of all time, going on to outgross The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Although critically considered to be inferior to The Lord of the Rings, it was nominated for various awards and won several, though not as many as its predecessor. DevelopmenteditFirst stages of developmenteditJackson and Walsh originally expressed interest in filming The Hobbit in 1. The Lord of the Rings. Frustration arose when Jacksons producer, Harvey Weinstein, discovered that Saul Zaentz had production rights to The Hobbit, but that distribution rights still belonged to United Artists which had kept those rights, believing that filmmakers would prefer to adapt The Hobbit rather than The Lord of the Rings. The United Artists studio and its parent corporation Metro Goldwyn Mayer was for sale in 2. Weinsteins attempts to buy the movie rights from the studio were unsuccessful. Weinstein asked Jackson to press on with adapting The Lord of the Rings. Ultimately, The Lord of the Rings was produced by New Line Cinema, not the Weinsteins, and their rights to film The Hobbit were set to expire in 2. In September 2. 00. Metro Goldwyn Mayer expressed interest in teaming up with New Line and Jackson to make The Hobbit. In March 2. 00. 5, Jackson launched a lawsuit against New Line, claiming he had lost revenue from merchandising, video and computer games releases associated with The Fellowship of the Ring. He did not seek a specific settlement, but requested an audit to see whether New Line had withheld money owed him. Although Jackson wanted it settled before he would make the film,1. New Line would still let him make The Hobbit. New Line co founder Robert Shaye was annoyed with the lawsuit and said in January 2. Jackson would never again direct a film for New Line, accusing him of being greedy. MGM boss Harry Sloan halted development, as he wanted Jackson to be involved. By August, after a string of flops, Shaye tried to repair his relationship with the director. He said, I really respect and admire Peter and would love for him to be creatively involved in some way in The Hobbit. The following month, New Line was fined 1. On 1. 6 December 2. New Line and MGM announced that Jackson would be executive producer of The Hobbit and its sequel. The two studios would co finance the film and the latter studio via 2. Century Fox would distribute the film outside North AmericaNew Lines first ever such deal with another major studio. Each films budget was estimated at US1. US9. 4 million budget for each of the films in Jacksons Lord of the Rings trilogy. After completion of the merger of New Line Cinema with Warner Bros. February 2. 00. 8, the two parts were announced as scheduled for release in December 2. Producer Mark Ordesky, the executive producer of The Lord of the Rings, planned to return to supervise the prequels. Jackson explained he chose not to direct because it would have been unsatisfying to compete with his previous films. In February 2. 00. Tolkien Estate through The Tolkien Trust, a British charity and Harper. Collins Publishers filed a suit against New Line for breach of contract and fraud and demanded 2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The suit claimed New Line had only paid the Estate an upfront fee of 6. The suit claimed the Estate was entitled to 7. Tolkien films, as established by prior deals. The suit also sought to block the filming of The Hobbit. The suit was settled in September 2. However the Tolkien Trusts 2. New Line Cinema of 2. US3. 8 million. This amount was the Trusts estimated share in respect of the gross profit participation due for the films based on The Lord of the Rings. Christopher Tolkien said The trustees regret that legal action was necessary but are glad that this dispute has been settled on satisfactory terms that will allow the Tolkien Trust properly to pursue its charitable objectives. The trustees acknowledge that New Line may now proceed with its proposed film of The Hobbit. Development with del ToroeditGuillermo del Toro was originally set to direct the film, but left because of ongoing delays. Jackson stated that del Toros creative DNA would remain in the scripts and designs. Despite the legal suits, development proceeded and in April 2. Guillermo del Toro was hired to direct the film. Del Toro has said he was a fan of Jacksons trilogy and had discussed directing a film adaptation of Halo with him in 2. Though that project stalled, they kept in contact. In a 2. 00. 6 interview, del Toro was quoted saying I dont like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits,. I dont like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff. After he signed on to direct in April 2. Del Toro posted on The. One. Ring. net forums that he had been enchanted by The Hobbit as a child, but found that Tolkiens other books contained geography and genealogy too complex for my prepubescent brain. In taking the job of director, del Toro was now reading like a madman to catch up with a whole new land, a continent of sortsa cosmology created by brilliant philologist turned Shaman. The Wachowskis Wikipedia. Lana Wachowski. Born. Laurence Wachowski1. June 2. 1, 1. 96. Chicago, Illinois, United States. Other names. Larry Wachowski before 2. Occupation. Film and tv director, screenwriter, and producer, comic book writer and publisher. Watch Carver Online Facebook on this page. Years active. 19. SpousesThea Bloom m. Karin Winslow m.  2. Lilly Wachowski. Born. Andrew Paul Wachowski1. December 2. 9, 1. Chicago, Illinois, United States. Other names. Andy Wachowski before 2. Occupation. Film and tv director, screenwriter, and producer, comic book writer and publisher. Years active. 19. SpousesAlisa Blasingame m. Lana Wachowski formerly Laurence Larry Wachowski, born June 2. Lilly Wachowski formerly Andrew Paul Andy Wachowski, born December 2. American film directors, screenwriters, and producers. They are siblings, and are both trans women. Collectively known as The Wachowskis1. The Wachowski Brothers, the pair made their directing debut in 1. Bound, and achieved fame with their second film The Matrix 1. Saturn Award for Best Director. They wrote and directed its two sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions both in 2. Following the commercial success of The Matrix series, they wrote and produced the 2. V for Vendetta an adaptation of the comic of the same name by Alan Moore, and in 2. Speed Racer, which was a live action adaptation of the Japanese anime series of the same name. Their next film, Cloud Atlas, based on the novel of the same name by David Mitchell and co written and co directed by Tom Tykwer, was released in 2. Their film Jupiter Ascending and the Netflix series Sense. J. Michael Straczynski, both debuted in 2. Sense. 8 was canceled after two seasons in June 2. The sisters have worked as a writing and directing unit throughout their professional film careers from Bound through the first season of Sense. Following her gender transition, Lilly Wachowski took a break from active writing and directing Lana worked on the second season of Sense. Early lifeeditLana was born Laurence Wachowski in Chicago in 1. Lilly was born Andrew Paul Wachowski two and a half years later, in 1. Their mother Lynne ne Luckinbill was a nurse and painter. Their father Ron Wachowski was a businessman of Polish descent. Their uncle is the actor and Primetime Emmy Award winning producer Laurence Luckinbill. They have two additional sisters Julie and Laura. Julie was credited as assistant coordinator in the Wachowskis film Bound 1. Lana and Lilly attended Kellogg Elementary School in Chicagos Beverly area, and they graduated from Whitney Young High School, known for its performing arts and science curriculum, in 1. Former classmates recall their playing Dungeons Dragons and working in the schools theater and TV program. Lana went to Bard College in New York and Lilly attended Emerson College in Boston. Both dropped out before graduating. After dropping out of college, the Wachowskis ran a house painting and construction business in Chicago while writing for Marvel Comics1. Razorline imprint, namely Ectokid created by horror novelist Clive Barker in 1. They also wrote the series Clive Barkers Hellraiser and Clive Barkers Nightbreed for Epic Comics. In the mid 1. 99. Assassins in 1. 99. Richard Donner and released in 1. Warner Bros. bought the script and included two more pictures in the contract. Donner had their script totally rewritten by Brian Helgeland2. Wachowskis tried unsuccessfully to remove their names from the film. They say the experience gave them the perspective that they should become directors or they will never survive as writers in this town. Their next project was the 1. Bound, for which they wrote the script and made their debut as directors. The film was well received for its style and craft,2. Taking advantage of the positive buzz, the Wachowskis asked to direct their next picture, The Matrix. InfluenceseditJ. Michael Straczynski, who has worked with the Wachowskis on Ninja Assassin and Sense. Writers Digest magazine, for inspiration and pointers. Straczynski contributed to the magazine from 1. In 1. 99. 8, in the context of explaining how they got their start in filmmaking, the Wachowskis mentioned Roger Cormans book, How I Made A Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, and indicated, with laughter, that they liked his movies, and began by wanting to make a low budget horror movie. In the same interview, they expressed being flattered, after their first film, by comparisons to the Coen brothers, who had made five, maybe six great movies at that time. Watch The Lion King II: Simba`S Pride IMDB. Speaking to Bernard Weintraub of The New York Times in April 1. Wachowskis mention explicitly preparing for their first Matrix production by studying the works of John Woo and other Hong Kong filmmakers, as well as reading and rereading Homers Odyssey, and studying the works of John Huston, Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, and Billy Wilder. Mark Miller, writing in Wired in 2. Homer, Hermann Hesse, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and philosopher Cornel West. In an interview with Gadfly in 2. Wachowskis reiterated their influence by or enjoyment of Huston e. Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Wilder e. Sunset Boulevard and Lost Weekend, and added to these the impacts of Alfred Hitchcock e. Strangers on a Train and Psycho, Roman Polanski e. Repulsion, and Francis Ford Coppola the Godfather movies, and The Conversation. Ken Wilber has been cited as an influence. The Matrix franchiseeditThis section needs expansion with a more thorough overview of this franchise, here, effectively summarizing the wikilinked main article, so that readers desiring to understand the importance of this set of creative works in the Wachowskis creative development and history do not have to leave the page. You can help by adding to it. September 2. They completed The Matrix, a science fictionaction film, in 1. The movie stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a hacker recruited by a rebellion to aid them in the fight against machines who have taken over the world and placed humanity inside a simulated reality called the Matrix. Laurence Fishburne, Carrie Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano also star. The movie was a critical and commercial hit for Warner Bros. It won four Academy Awards, including for Best Visual Effects for popularizing the bullet time visual effect. The Matrix came to be a major influence for action movies and has appeared in several greatest science fiction films lists. In 2. 01. 2, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant. After its success, the Wachowskis directed two sequels back to back, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2. The Matrix Reloaded received positive critical reception, although not on the level of the original. It became a major box office hit, retaining the spot of the highest grossing R rated film for over a decade until 2. Deadpool. 3. 4The Matrix Revolutions received a mixed to negative critical reception and performed lukewarmly in the box office. While it was profitable it made slightly less money than the original film. During production of the first film, the Wachowskis and Spencer Lamm, who ran the films official website, developed comics based on the setting of the film, which were published free of charge on the website. These and a few short stories were released in three series from 1. The Wachowskis themselves contributed Bits and Pieces, a prequel to the movie that explains the origins of the Matrix, featuring illustrations by Geof Darrow, the movies conceptual designer. Other writers and artists that contributed to the series include Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Paul Chadwick, Ted Mc. Keever, Poppy Z. Brite, and Steve Skroce.