Two decades before Jackson’s trilogy brought Tolkien’s books to the big screen, there were attempts to animate his stories instead. 1980’s The Return of the King is one example, with Arthur Rankin Jr.
As fans await the next Middle-earth saga, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, the first installment in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit is finding new life on streaming. The Hobbit: An Unexpected ...