Lord of the Rings' Director Peter Jackson 'Seriously Considered' Getting Hypnotized To Erase the Movies From His Mind
Director Peter Jackson admits that he wanted to forget everything "Lord of the Rings" after working on the franchise from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ring" in 2001 up to "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" in 2014.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 60-year old director revealed that he had been so immersed in the production of the multi-awarded franchise that he felt like "it was such a loss" to not be able to see it as a viewer like everyone else.
"When we did the Lord of the Rings movies, I always felt I was the unlucky person who never got to see [them] as a coming-out-of-the-blue film," Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter.
The award-winning trilogies "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" written by J.R.R Tolkien grossed almost 3 billion dollars, and have won numerous accolades over the course of its franchise. The journey and influence of the tales from Middle Earth certainly has impressed fans and critics, so Jackson does have good reason to want that same experience.
"I actually did seriously consider going to some hypnotherapy guy to hypnotize me to make me forget about the films and the work I had done," The director added. "I didn't follow through with it, but I did talk to [British mentalist] Derren Brown about that and he thought he could do it."
Fortunately for "The Lord of the Rings" Director, his wish might just come true soon as he will not be involved in Amazon Prime's upcoming prequel series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power". The series was inspired by Tolkien's lore from the novels and will be set many years before the events of Jackson's "The Hobbit" movie trilogy.
"In pursuing the rights for our show, we were obligated to keep the series distinct and separate from the films," Amazon responded. Jackson expressed his excitement and that he had "no complaints at all".
"The one thing I am looking forward to is actually seeing it as a perfectly neutral viewer." The director said. "If somebody makes a good film or TV show, it's something to celebrate,"
Amazon bought the television rights for "The Lord of the Rings" in November 2017 for 250 million dollars, with plans to make a five-season production commitment. "The Rings of Power" is set to launch on September 2, 2022 on Amazon Prime.
