But the onetime child actor hasn’t been resting on his laurels: The very year after the release of Return of the King, Wood appeared in the Oscar-winning film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) as Patrick, who uses the memories of Jim Carrey’s Joel to try to seduce Kate Winslet’s Clementine. Image Credit: Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Kevin Winter/Getty Imagesĭespite his short stature, the ringbearer Frodo casts a long shadow, and continues to be the role Wood is most identified with.

So in honor of The Return of the King’s 20th anniversary, read on to find out what has become of the famously close cast, including which group has a crossword puzzle challenge going, who has plans to reprise their role in War of the Rohirrim and who walks around barefoot like a hobbit in real life. and New Line, announced earlier this year. Projects currently in the works include the second season of Amazon Prime’s megabudget Rings of Power series, the animated War of the Rohirrim movie (set to debut in theaters in 2024), and a new series of theatrical interpretations from Warner Bros. Now, two decades after the One Ring tumbled into the fires Mount Doom, there is still no end to the popularity of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, as shown by continued interest in film and series adaptations. Elijah Wood, who was only 18 when he first donned Frodo’s cloak, still looks on them fondly, telling THRfor the 20th anniversary of Fellowship of the Ring, “The films really do represent such an extraordinary time in my life, and they are films I really love.” Tolkien’s novels about the heroic adventures of Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring, as well as generations who’d never even heard of hobbits, taking in a combined $2.99 billion at the global box office and amassing 17 Oscars along the way.įor the nine members of the Fellowship (and their other castmates), the films became a calling card that launched them to international stardom.

It was a triumphant moment for everyone involved, the culmination of a franchise that entertained both existing fans of J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the third film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy, premiered in theaters 20 years ago (on Dec.

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