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Sean Astin on 'Lord of the Rings' series talk
Sean Astin on possible 'Lord of the Rings' TV show
Sean Astin, far right, in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" with Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis.
Story highlights
- Sean Astin starred in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy directed by Peter Jackson
- Actor has questions about a possible TV adaptation based on Tolkien novels
(CNN)When it came to a "Lord of the Rings" remake, star Sean Astin knew this day would be coming.
The actor, who portrayed Samwise Gamgee in the movie trilogy, told Entertainment Weekly he's been saying all along that the fantasy films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien novels were due for some type of revisit.
"I've been saying for 15 years that maybe like 12 years after 'Lord of
the Rings' came out, that it would get remade," Astin said. "And people
always said, 'Oh no, it'll never get remade! It's a classic! They could
never top it!' And I'm like, 'No, it'll get remade.' "
Astin was responding to a report from Variety
that Amazon is in talks with Warner Bros. to adapt "The Lord of the
Rings" into a TV show. (Time Warner is the parent company of Warner
Bros. and CNN.)
The actor, who is
starring in the Netflix hit "Stranger Things," also discussed whether
he'd be willing to participate in a TV adaptation.
"When
I saw the Amazon thing, that didn't even occur to me," Astin told
Entertainment Weekly. "I just sort of thought, 'What would it be like to
see the next Sam there?' I think it's an intriguing idea (but) the
devil's in the details. How would they do it? How? Who?'"
He
told the magazine he hopes that if Amazon goes ahead it treats the
project the way the movies were made, with director Peter Jackson being
able to assert his vision.
"The
challenge would be, could they find some team to do it that they could
let (do) their thing, or are they going to squat on it?" he said. "It's
hard to make a TV series like this by committee."
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