![]() Audiences and critics also were fond of Fellowship ( THR in 2001 deemed it “one of those rewarding movies that seems to get better and better as it progresses”), and it hauled in $880.8 million worldwide ($1.38 billion today) off a $93 million budget. “The films really do represent such an extraordinary time in my life, and they are films I really love,” Wood tells The Hollywood Reporter. The all-star ensemble included Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm and Andy Serkis the cast shot all three movies concurrently in New Zealand over 438 days. Jackson cast Elijah Wood, then 18, in the lead role as Frodo Baggins. Tolkien, the trilogy’s first film, The Fellowship of the Ring, kicked off the saga of the Hobbits from the Shire who join forces with Men, Elves and Dwarves to undertake an arduous journey to defeat the evil Sauron and restore peace to Middle-earth. ![]() But 20 years ago, he made his mark on pop culture with another three-part series about a beloved band of sorts - The Lord of the Rings, which debuted in theaters Dec. These days, Peter Jackson is earning praise for his three-part Disney+ Beatles documentary, Get Back.
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