Project Detail

Tolkien

Synopsis

Exploring the formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a fellow group of 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.

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Director: Dome Karukoski
Producer: Peter Chernin, David Ready, Kris Thykier, Jenno Topping
Co-Producer: Dan Finlay, Sarada McDermott
Executive Producer: David Greenbaum, Matthew Greenfield, Katie Goodson-Thomas
Editor: Harri Ylönen
Screenwriter: David Gleeson
Director of Photography: Lasse Frank Johannessen
Production Designer: Grant Montgomery
Principal cast: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meany, Tom Glynn-Carney, Adam Darlington, Shafi Choudhury, Craig Roberts, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Genevieve O’Reilly, Laura Donnelly, Pam Ferris, Derek Jacobi

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK coproduction

A Fox Searchlight Pictures (US), Chernin Entertainment (US) production in association with Archery Pictures (UK)

Archery Pictures

3 Archery Close
London
W2 2BE

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