Peter Jackson did a remarkable job with the Lord of the Rings movies, but his comments about his newest project prove he has learned an important lesson about adapting Tolkien’s work. The director was behind the three Lord of the Rings movies of the early 2000s, often regarded as the pinnacle of great book-to-screen adaptations. Still, the films weren’t perfect, and Tolkien’s own son, Christopher Tolkien, famously criticized their needless action sequences. The Hobbit took such problems even further, but Jackson might be back on track with The Hunt for Gollum.
