In a statement, writes the family that they do not support the film or its content in any way and that they neither have approved or participated in the work, according to The Guardian.
the Movie focuses on the author's adolescence just before the outbreak of wwi. According to an official trailer, the film will only be based on the author's life, which is a signal that the screenwriters have taken some liberties with the real events.
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Nicholas Hoult (”X-men”, ”Mad Max: Fury road”), while Lily Collins (”The mortal instruments”) plays his wife, Edith Bratt. The director is the finn, Dome Karukoski, who previously made ”Tom of Finland”.
JRR Tolkien died in 1973 and is primarily known for the novel trilogy ”the Lord of the rings”.
It is not the first time Tolkien's family pulls a lance in defence of the author's posthumous reputation. Man has, through the years, several times been in litigation with both the publishers as film production companies.
”Tolkien” receives Swedish premiere on september 27.