The Lost Lord of the Rings Musical

Tony Danza as Tom Bombadil

Over the past few days, the internet has been aflutter as official pictures from Peter Jackson's upcoming adaptation of the Hobbit appeared on the film's facebook site and yahoo movies.


Excitement is building steadily for Jackson's return to middle earth, and with good reason.
Jackson brought a series of books thought to be unfilmable to the screen. Prior attempts to adapt the Lord of the Rings were either shot down by JRR Tolkien himself, or were too expensive to finance. And while Ralph Bashki's animated version was a moderate success, it remains incomplete, ending with the battle at Helm's Deep.


Until Jackson, no one was able to tell the complete story in a way that satisfied Tolkien's mythos.


But Irwin Allen tried, and almost succeeded.