[Lord of Angmar]

An HBO miniseries of the Silmarillion would be impossible. The cost would be too high, the final product too unmarketable to the mainstream, and the profit margin (if there was a profit) too slim. Furthermore, New Line, who own the rights, would most likely not want to produce the Sil in that format.<P>If they did do a movie, it would be almost as hard and unfeasible as doing a series. It would cost more money than Lord of the Rings did to adapt it, and even more Tolkien experts would be needed on board. Even with all that, they would still run a huge risk in drawing criticism from Tolkien loyalists. For many Tolkienites (myself included), the Silmarillion is more important than the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, and I would hate to have the Silmarillion ruined or the images I have in my mind of the characters changed.<P>Since less people have heard of the Silmarillion than LotR, and since it would be a <I>huge</I> task to produce a movie (and it would have to be one <I>long</I> movie, or three our four LotR-length movies), and it would be a far greater gamble than Lord of the Rings, I cannot see New Line taking a chance on a project of this magnitude.<P>That being said, I would greatly dislike a Silmarillion movie (since it would change the characters and landscape in my mind now matter how good it was). I hope they do not attempt it, but if they do I hope it is a project that many of us Tolkienites would be able to actively partake in. I would rather see a film about events that occurred in the Silmarillion, such as the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, seen through the eyes of an unknown character, perhaps a Man of Hithlum or Dor-lomin. It could still show Beleriand and Tolkien's fantastic creations, while only depicting a few of the main characters from the actual body of text.