Stunning image of Henry Cavill as Fëanor in The Silmarillion

Suddenly, several studios are working on shows and movies based on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Amazon is making The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, set in the Second Age of Middle-earth. We’re getting an animated movie about the creation of Helm’s Deep, and live-action movies about…well, we don’t know yet, but we know they’re vaguely based on The Lord of the Rings. Aragorn solo movie, anyone?

A decade after the conclusion of The Hobbit trilogy and two decades after the end of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, everything is coming up Middle-earth again. It’s getting to the point where it’s feeling overexposed, although i would relent if someone adapted The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s book about the First Age of Middle-earth, and the battle between the elves and Morgoth, the original Dark Lord for whom Sauron was merely a lieutenant.

It kind of baffles me that no one has seriously tried to adapt The Silmarillion yet, since outside of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit it’s the most complete work about Middle-earth that Tolkien ever wrote, and quite possibly the one he was most passionate about. But if someone did make it, what might it look like? That’s where Abandoned Films comes in.

See what Henry Cavill would look like as Fëanor in a Silmarillion movie

Abandoned Films uses AI technology and Photoshop to create images of movies that have never been made, including a hypothetical Silmarillion movie. And they have cast The Witcher star Henry Cavill as Fëanor, the elven leader who creates the Silmarils, sacred jewels at the heard of the conflict between Morgoth and the elves.

Henry Cavill with elf ears? Sure, why not? He’s definitely associated with the fantasy genre these days thanks to The Witcher, and now that he’s leaving the show, he’ll have some free time.

Mostly, I just want to see someone try and adapt The Silmarillion, no matter who’s in it. If you’re going to give us more Lord of the Rings, then give us this story; Tolkien’s cinematic legendarium isn’t complete without it.

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