According to news making the rounds in LEGO world, Warner Bros. Consumer Products has awarded LEGO the rights to make mini figures and LEGO sets based on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and the two upcoming films based on “The Hobbit,”.
The multiyear deal according to the press release by the LEGO Group, grants access to the library of characters, settings and stories of “The Lord of the Rings,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” and “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,” all made by Peter Jackson and his filmaking team.
Already, Lego has released a page to tease its millions of fans of what to expect. Here’s a link to that page. LEGO® THE LORD OF THE RINGS construction sets are said to be “slated for a rolling global launch beginning in June 2012 in the United States, with LEGO THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY scheduled for later in the year”.
Can you imagine Sméagol (Gollum) LEGO minifig? I bet it will be a hit or lets just .. ‘precious’. Can’t wait to construct my own Hobbit Village.
For news about the sets, the press release says “The LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS collection will translate into LEGO form the epic locations, scenes and characters of Middle-earth as depicted in all three films, including The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
In late 2012, LEGO THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY will give fans of all ages a chance to build and play out the fantastical story and new characters of the legendary Middle-earth adventures depicted in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, slated to premiere December 14, 2012″.
At a later date information about the sets and collectible minifigures from both collections will be unveiled by LEGO on the webpage dedicated to this LEGO theme – TheLordoftheRings.LEGO.com.
For details of this press release, click here.