Tolkien Movie

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Who's Involved:

Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Pam Ferris, Peter Chernin, Stephen Beresford, Craig Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Laura Donnelly, David Gleeson, Dome Karukoski, Tom Glynn-Carney, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, Genevieve O’Reilly, olm Meaney

Release Date:

Friday, May 10, 2019 Nationwide

PG-13   PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED MPA
some sequences of war violence
Runtime: N/A
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

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.


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Who stars in Tolkien: Cast List

... J.R.R. Tolkien

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... Edith Bratt

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... Father Francis

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... Christopher Wiseman

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Andor (Series)  


Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Piccadilly Jim  


Gladiator 2, Two Men Went to War  

Who's making Tolkien: Crew List

A look at the Tolkien behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Dome Karukoski last directed Tom of Finland. The film's writer David Gleeson last wrote Don’t Go.

Producer

Peter Chernin

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Production: What we know about Tolkien?

Key Facts

  1. The project will examine the J.R.R. Tolkien's life, particularly his formative years at Pembroke College and as a soldier in World War I, and how it influenced him and his work.
  2. Based on the true story.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2019 - May: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2019 - January: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2017 - July: The film was set to Development  status.
  4. 2013 - November: The film was set to Announced  status.

    A Hollywood biopic about J.R.R. Tolkien has been announced at Fox Searchlight.

Tolkien Release Date: When was the film released?


Tolkien was a Nationwide release in 2019 on Friday, May 10, 2019. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including The Hustle, POKÉMON Detective Pikachu and Wine Country.

Tolkien DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Tolkien was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 .

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