‘Tolkien’ First Look: Nicholas Hoult Is The Hot Young ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Author
Don’t knock theLord of the Ringsnerd: the seminal high fantasy series was created by a young, hot man who apparently looked a lot likeNicholas Hoult.The Favouriteactor stars in the upcoming biopicTolkienas a young, good-looking J.R.R. Tolkien, the writer ofThe Lord of the Ringsseries and the highly imaginative creator of the world of elves, hobbits, and dragons that have captured the minds of generations. See theTolkienfirst look below.
Tolkien First Look
Entertainment Weeklyhas released a slew of new images from the upcoming biopic aboutThe Lord of the Ringsauthor J.R.R. Tolkien. The images are snapshots of his formative years, but most importantly the first image — other than showing Hoult doing his best brooding — give us a glimpse of Tolkien’s early creative process, with various maps, scribbles of Elvish language, and sketches of giant spiders papering the wall behind him.
Directed by Dome Karukoski from a script penned byDavid GleesonandStephen Beresford,Tolkienstars Hoult as the titular author in his younger years as he survives the tragedy of being orphaned as a teen, and attends school in Birmingham where he befriends a group of fellow outcasts. The film follows through when he meets his future wife Edith (Lily Collins, pullingdouble duty with biopics this week) and heads off to World War I, events that would heavily influence his work withThe Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings, andThe Silmarillion.
His experience and disillusionment with war in particular would inspireThe Fellowship of the Rings, which became a sort of treatise on wartime suffering. On the more positive side, his relationship with his wife Edith would inform the grand romance of Aragorn and Arwen.
Tolkienalso starsColm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O’Reilly, Pam Ferris, and Derek Jacobi.Tolkienwill be released in theaters onMay 10, 2019.
