[tbw2]

I think they are making all these Tolkien movies because they’ve already built most of the sets.

[Jonty30]

That.

And probably ten billion dollars in sheer profit.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I think they are making all these Tolkien movies because they’ve already built most of the sets.

This is the strategy that Gene Rodenberry used to get a Star Trek series back on television.

He figured that if he could get a Star Trek movie made it would drum up renewed interest and all the props and sets (mostly) would just be sitting around all paid for. Seems to have worked like a charm.