The first trailer forTolkien,Fox Searchlight’s upcoming biopic of the late, great fantasy author, is now here. Thanks to the fantastic Tolkien fan siteThe One Ring.net, fans can now get the first look at the dramatic retelling of the life ofJ.R.R. Tolkien. The story will explore Tolkien’s relationships while at school, spending time in his formative years as an author and artist before the horrors of World War I change him and his friends forever. This first trailer does a good job of teasing all sides to this story: The fantasy world that Tolkien imagined, the real flesh-and-blood people around him, and the nightmarish wartime experiences that would go on to shape the forces of evil throughout his books.
Directed byDome Karukoski(Tom of Finland), and written byDavid GleesonandStephen Beresford,Tolkienis produced byPeter Chernin,Jenno Topping,David Ready, andKris Thykier. The biopic stars Hoult,Lily Collins,Colm Meaney,Anthony Boyle,Patrick Gibson,Tom Glynn-Carney,Craig Roberts,Laura Donnelly,Genevieve O’Reilly,Pam Ferris, andDerek Jacobi. Look for the Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertainment production in theaters starting May 10th.
Watch the first trailer forTolkienbelow:
TOLKIEN explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.
For more of our coverage ofTolkien, be sure to take a look at the recent write-ups linked below:
