The world is changed. Over a period of 8 years, a group of filmmakers created one of the greatest film trilogies of all time.

Now, 20 years later, we recount their journey and discover how exactly these films came to be.

From development, to production, to the building excitement among fans. Covering the good, the bad, and everything in between.

This is... THE LORD OF THE RINGS - A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE

MAIN SOURCES:

The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Parts 1 to 6
Charlie Rose interviews Peter Jackson in 2002:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ggVDYcvNxg
Charlie Rose interviews Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, and Viggo Mortensen in 2002:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=API3_OC_XSI

THE COMPLETE TIMELINE:

00:00 - The World is Changed…
00:03:18 - 1978: The Ralph Bakshi Film
00:03:59 - 1980: Rankin/Bass Return of the King
00:04:31 - 1995: The Turn of the Tide
00:06:17 - 1997: Development Begins for Miramax
00:07:44 - 1998: Production Leaves Miramax
00:09:49 - 1998: The Last Shot with New Line
00:11:24 - 1998: Adapting The Lord of the Rings
00:18:31 - 1998: Storyboards/Pre-Vis
00:19:43 - 1998: Weta Workshop
00:20:23 - 1999: Weta Workshop, cont.
00:23:25 - 1999: The One Ring
00:24:07 - 1999: Designing Middle-Earth
00:25:40 - 1999: Miniatures
00:26:36 - 1999: New Zealand’s Locations
00:27:47 - 1999: Casting
00:31:13 - 1999: The Beginnings of Gollum
00:33:09 - 1999: Principal Photography Begins
00:33:43 - 1999: Recasting Aragorn
00:34:50 - 1999: The Second Units
00:35:52 - 1999: Daily Prosthetics by Weta Workshop
00:36:51 - 1999: Daily Script Revisions
00:37:11 - 1999: The Stairs to Cirith Ungol Vol. 1
00:38:37 - 2000: A Wizard is Never Late
00:39:00 - 2000: Scale
00:42:18 - 2000: The First Teaser Trailer
00:44:10 - 2000: New Cast Members
00:44:31 - 2000: Andy Serkis joins as Gollum
00:46:02 - 2000: The Filming of Helm’s Deep
00:47:19 - 2000: The Glorious Sets and Locations
00:48:29 - 2000: Howard Shore joins
00:49:22 - 2000: The Stairs to Cirith Ungol Vol. 2
00:50:03 - 2000: The Last Week of Production
00:52:29 - 2001: A New Teaser Trailer
00:53:51 - 2001: Editing - Film One
00:55:35 - 2001: Fellowship - Trailer #1
00:57:20 - 2001: Pick-Ups - Film One
00:58:22 - 2001: Weta Digital - Film One
00:59:55 - 2001: Fellowship - Trailer #2
01:01:02 - 2001: Music - Film One
01:02:37 - 2001: Sound Design - Film One
01:03:40 - 2001: Film One Complete
01:05:36 - 2001: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Theatrical)
01:18:56 - 2001: Reception to Fellowship of the Ring
01:20:04 - 2002: The Oscars
01:20:57 - 2002: Editing - Film Two
01:24:04 - 2002: Excitement Builds for Film Two
01:25:03 - 2002: The Two Towers - Trailer #1
01:26:58 - 2002: Weta Digital - Film Two
01:29:09 - 2002: The Taming of Smeagol
01:32:57 - 2002: The Two Towers - Trailer #2
01:34:13 - 2002: Music - Film Two
01:35:19 - 2002: Sound Design - Film Two
01:36:34 - 2002: The Battle to Finish Film Two
01:38:12 - 2002: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Extended)
01:41:59 - 2002: Film Two Complete
01:44:19 - 2002: THE TWO TOWERS (Theatrical)
02:01:55 - 2002: Reception to The Two Towers
02:02:55 - 2003: The Oscars
02:03:38 - 2003: Editing - Film Three
02:05:08 - 2003: Return of the King - Trailer #1
02:05:53 - 2003: Pick-Ups - Film Three
02:09:13 - 2003: Weta Digital - Film Three
02:12:46 - 2003: Return of the King - Trailer #2
02:14:02 - 2003: Music - Film Three
02:15:41 - 2003: Sound Design - Film Three
02:16:52 - 2003: THE TWO TOWERS (Extended)
02:20:01 - 2003: The Battle to Finish Film Three
02:22:50 - 2003: Film Three Complete
02:24:40 - 2003: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Theatrical)
02:45:05 - 2003: Reception to Return of the King
02:46:32 - 2004: The Oscars
02:49:07 - 2004: The Last Shot
02:49:52 - 2004: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Extended)
02:54:26 - The End of All Things

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