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Icons Unearthed: Lord of The Rings

  • 2024
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~42m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.0/10

Through trials, false starts, injuries and near death experiences, the team behind "The Lord of the Rings" built a whole world from scratch, invented new technologies, making and breaking a studio in the process.

Latest: Miniseries · 2024

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  1. E1. The Impossible Film

    Mar 20, 2024 · 43m

    After failed attempts to adapt the books and a half-successful movie, an unlikely hero takes on the film deemed by many to be impossible.

  2. E2. Finding the Fellowship

    Mar 27, 2024 · 43m

    With the clock ticking, Peter Jackson has to find a studio to save his work in progress; with everything on the line, maybe they can pull it off.

  3. E3. The Battle Rages On

    Apr 3, 2024 · 43m

    After a successful teaser at Cannes, the team races to complete the first film in time; meanwhile, filming begins to take a toll on the cast and crew.

  4. E4. Wizards at Work

    Apr 10, 2024 · 43m

    The trilogy hinges on the technological magic being developed at WETA, but internal strife threatens to bring the whole thing crashing down.

  5. E5. Stepping Out the Front Door

    Apr 17, 2024 · 43m

    The studio take a gamble too far; Peter Jackson struggles in vain to avoid the burden of directing; in the midst of a grueling shoot, one of the dwarves is sent packing

  6. E6. Journey's End

    Apr 24, 2024 · 42m

    Peter Jackson pushes the bounds both on the page and on screen; maybe the audience will like what they see; a chapter comes to a close, leaving its mark on the film industry.