Tolkien is an upcoming biographical drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. It is about the English professor, philologist, and writer J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, as well as notable academic works. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, and Derek Jacobi. Tolkien will be Fox Searchlight Pictures' first film to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures following its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company on March 20, 2019.

Synopsis :
Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.

Tolkien
Directed by Dome Karukoski
Produced by Peter Chernin, David Ready, Kris Thykier, Jenno Topping
Written by David Gleeson, Stephen Beresford
Starring Nicholas Hoult Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography : Lasse Frank Johannessen
Edited by Harri Ylönen
Production company : Fox Searchlight Pictures, Chernin Entertainment
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date : May 10, 2019

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