Silmarillion Movies

[Linnahiril Tinnufinwen]

I think I should like to help if I am able to (i.e., if I can fit it in along with school, drama, choir, guitar, etc.) I like to write, so perhaps I could help with story boards or something. I can also sing and act, though I have never done any voice acting before, which can be quite different from acting on stage. I've always thought that my voice is a little "unusual", or weird, but my family thinks it's fine.

[narfforc]

Just type in the word Ancanar and see what you get, I heard about this film 3000 yrs ago

[Tuor of Gondolin]

Excuse me. Hasn't the best Siilmarillion story been overlooked here (even has a pretty much happy ending), Tuor, of course, not his cousin. (You can't do business with that hothead Turin).

[Anguirel]

I'm Maeglin on the Silmarillion Film Project, one of the two or three scriptwriters. Things are going pretty well, but, of course, it's a long long adventure...

Scripts are quite developed, with Fall of the Noldor and Lay of Luthien (mine, my own, my precious...) almost complete. However, art is still in conceptual and basic stages. Basically, any Downers fit to wield a brush/pen/pencil who want to help will be more than willingly received. You can have fun drawing your favourite bits and do us an immense favour.

We already have several esteemed Downers, of course; Saphy owns the board and the KA is in control of artists. Elennar was a vital aid to me an proofreading. Elianna has cropped up a bit. The Only Real Estel himself has dropped in. But we can always do with more active members.

If you're interested in Voice Acting or Music, we'll also be extremely pleased to see you. Hearing a few auditions and/or compositions will really liven things up. There are a couple of lists of available parts in the Voices forum.

So come and play at the Silmarillion Film Project...

See you there!

PS Tuor, your story is the major part of the War of Wrath film. Worry not...

[THE Ka]

the KA is in control of artists.

Not in control, just keeping our notorious habits of procrastination ( I promise not to be in denial anymore) up to speed to that of the rest of the departments... As best as we can...

By the way, lovely use of detail in the script, it really has helped!


~ Art ofr Art's sake Ka

[Galin]

Originally Posted by narfforc

Just type in the word Ancanar and see what you get, I heard about this film 3000 yrs ago

Anyone know if this project is still on?

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Galin

Anyone know if this project is still on?

Ancanar?

*shrugs* They put out a trailer and other publicity material a few years ago, and some sources refer to the film as if it was released at that time, but in fact the project seems to have died. There's a newish site, but unless I've missed something it's currently just a splash screen.

[Nerwen]

The project this thread concerns does seem to be still limping on, however to be honest I doubt it will ever get off the ground– simply too ambitious. Professionals with full legal rights and an actual budget might well still be daunted by the scope of this.

Which brings me to a proposal: would anyone here be interested in collaborating on a short (1-3 minutes) animated fan-film on a much smaller scale, relating just an incident or two from one of the stories? I'd be looking for general suggestions, and perhaps voice actors. I would be using this for self–promotion, and obviously it would be unpaid, but I'd give full credit to anyone who helped out.

[Galadriel55]

I can't help you out here, sorry about that, I'm not a tech person.
I don't think that it is possible to make THe Sil in 1 movie. Each story has to be separate, otherwise the whole movie would be amess. It should be like a series.