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Tolkien Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Oct. 27, 2019

Tolkien

Release Date: Friday, May 10, 2019 Theaters

Director: Dome Karukoski

Starring: Nicholas Hoult Lily Collins Anthony Boyle Colm Meaney Tom Glynn-Carney

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Plot

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Plot
Explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the “fellowship” apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.
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The film's director Dome Karukoski last directed Tom of Finland. The film's writer David Gleeson last wrote Don’t Go.

Producer
Peter Chernin

Production Details

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Key Facts

  • The project will examine the J.R.R. Tolkien's life, particularly his formative years at Pembroke College and as a soldier in World War I, and how it influenced him and his work.
  • Based on the true story.

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Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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Changed the movie production status to Announced. A Hollywood biopic about J.R.R. Tolkien has been announced at Fox Searchlight.

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Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some sequences of war violence
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Language
English

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Release Dates

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Tolkien was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, May 10, 2019. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including The Hustle, POKÉMON Detective Pikachu and Wine Country.

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  • 2019-07-00 DVD
  • 2019-08-06 DVD

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  • Set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for some sequences of war violence

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