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Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings

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Pro Tour the Lord of the Rings was the final Pro Tour of the 2022–23 season . It took place on July 28-30, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. It followed the release of the straight-to-Modern set The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth , and the first Modern Pro Tour after the return of the Pro Tour Label. Additionally, it was the final Pro Tour before 2023 World Championship , so it was the final chance to earn AMP and lock up a slot.

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With most of Constructed Magic being relegated to MTG Arena from 2020 to 2023, Modern had been upended multiple times as to be basically unrecognizable from Mythic Championship IV Barcelona , especially with the release of Modern Horizons 2 .

The One Ring and Orcish Bowmasters , released in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth , were expected to make waves in the now turbulent format, by upgrading Tron and Rakdos decks, respectively. Additionally, the land-cycling spells introduced in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth were additions to the Living End and Crashing Footfalls decks. Delighted Halfling and Samwise Gamgee made appearances in select decks as a mana-dork and combo piece, respectively.

Day One [ | ]

Featured drafters: Nathan Steuer

The top eight players after day one:

Day Two [ | ]

Featured drafters: Kai Budde

Top 8 [ | ]

Javier Dominguez and Simon Nielsen make it back-to-back Pro Tour Top 8's, joined by two Italian players in Marco Del Pivo and Stefano Vinci. Additionally, Kai Budde would reach his tenth career top eight. Sadly, on this Sunday, the promise "Kai does not lose" would be broken, as Christian Calcano would beat him in the quarterfinals, en route to the finals, piloting a Mono-Green Tron deck. There he would face Jake Beardsley , who in his first Pro Tour, cheered on by commentators and fans, would win the day with a Rakdos Evoke Deck.

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Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings - Top 8 Players & Deck Lists

Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings is well underway in Barcelona, and we're officially down to the Top 8. Some of the best players in the world have come together in Spain to slug it out with some of Modern's hardest-hitting decks. The Top 8 kicked off today at 4 a.m. ET, so be sure to tune in here . In the meantime, let's take a look at the Top 8 players and their decklists.

Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings Top 8 Players And Deck Lists

Below are the remaining players, which decks they're playing, and their particular list. So, without further ado, let's jump in.

Javier Dominguez

Mono Green Tron

Main 60 cards (22 distinct).

Side 15 cards (14 distinct)

Christian Calcano

Mono Green Tron (Jegantha Companion)

Main 60 cards (20 distinct).

Simon Nielsen

Jake Beardsley

Rakdos evoke, main 60 cards (21 distinct).

Side 15 cards (9 distinct)

Marco Del Pivo

Italy has a plethora of great MTG players, Del Pivo among them. For Pro Tour Lord of the Rings, he sleeved up Temur Rhinos, one of the tournament's better-performing decks, with three copies in the finals. He said he landed on the deck because it fit his playstyle. Apparently, it was a good choice.

Temur Rhinos

Main 60 cards (25 distinct).

Stefano Vinci

Main 60 cards (24 distinct)

Side 15 cards (8 distinct)

Dominic Harvey

Canadian Dominic Harvey got off to a rocky start but made the Top 8 nonetheless. Now he's looking to "tighten up and Titan up" and bring home the win for Canada. Considering how much Tron there is in the semi-finals, the event could certainly come down to Tron vs. Titan in a showdown of big mana. Let's take a look at his list, which has 61 cards.

Amulet Titan

Main 61 cards (25 distinct).

Side 15 cards (12 distinct)

There you have it, my friends—the pro tour Lord of the Rings Top 8 players and decks. Follow the link in the introduction to check out the action. Good luck to all the players.

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When is MTG Pro Tour Lord of the Rings Barcelona?

History will unfold at the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour in Barcelona, featuring gameplay from Universes Beyond set The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth .

Tabletop Magic returned with the 2022-2023 season, showcasing a total of three Pro Tour tournaments at MagicCon events around the world. For the first time in the history of MTG , professional players will compete at a Pro Tour with Universe Beyond cards from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) set.

How to watch Pro Tour Lord of the Rings

The Pro Tour Lord of the Rings will take place over the course of three days at MagicCon Barcelona from July 28 to 30, just one month after the tabletop global release of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth .  A broadcast will run from July 28 to 30 through Twitch . Gameplay on Friday and Saturday starts at 4am CT and competition on Sunday starts at 3am CT.

• July 28: Three rounds of LTR Draft followed by five rounds of Modern Constructed.
• July 29: Three rounds of LTR Draft followed by five rounds of Modern Constructed—Top eight advance to final day. Players who reach 13 match-wins advance to the playoffs.
• July 30: Top eight playoffs featuring Modern Constructed gameplay.

Players who compete in the LTR Pro Tour tournament can earn invites to future Pro Tour events and even a slot at the Magic World Championship. Similar to Pro Tour March of the Machine , the prize pool for the event is $500,000, with first place taking home $50,000.

Related: All MTG Commander Masters cards worth money: Projected prices before launch

Other MagicCon Barcelona events

In conjunction with Pro Tour LTR are several events open to all players. A Secret Lair Showdown Championship will take place, along with another Un-known tournament hosted by game designer Gavin Verhey.

The weekend of Pro Tour LTR Barcelona coincides with the Commander Masters prerelease. The Precon decks will drop on Aug. 4. Limited players can dive into any number of LTR Draft and Sealed events in Barcelona as well.

Update July 25, 7:30am CT : Broadcast times were added for the MTG Pro Tour Lord of the Rings in Barcelona.

Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings

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Formats are Modern and The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Booster Draft More information about Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings can be found at https://magic.gg/events/pro-tour-the-lord-of-the-rings-fact-sheet-for-competitors

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Ian mckellen withdraws from tour of his play to ‘protect my recovery’ after fall from stage.

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A sign for Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in London, starring Sir Ian McKellen, who has been taken to hospital after he fell from the stage during a West End performance, Monday, June 17, 2024. The 85-year-old actor known for playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films and his many stage roles was playing John Falstaff in a production of Player Kings at the theater. (Jacob Freedland/PA via AP)

LONDON – Actor Ian McKellen said Monday he is withdrawing from a U.K. tour of his latest play because he needs more time to recover after falling off the stage at a London theater last month.

McKellen, 85, said his injuries “improve day by day.”

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“It’s with the greatest reluctance that I have accepted the medical advice to protect my full recovery by not working in the meantime,” he said in a statement.

The “Lord of the Rings” star spent three nights in a London hospital after tumbling from the stage during a performance of “Player Kings” at the Noel Coward Theatre on June 17.

The play is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s two “Henry IV” history plays, directed by Robert Icke. Several performances were canceled after the incident before the run resumed with understudy Devid Semark in the role of Falstaff.

Producers said Semark would continue to play the part during a national tour that runs July 3-27.

McKellen, who played Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings,” and Magneto in the “X-Men” films, is one of Britain’s most acclaimed Shakespearean actors, with roles including Richard III, Macbeth and King Lear.

He has won a Tony Award — for “Amadeus” — several Olivier Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards, five Emmys and several BAFTA awards.

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Amazon’s Tomb Raider and Lord of the Rings Video Game Reveals ‘Not Too Far Away’

I t’s been some time since Amazon announced its Tomb Raider and The Lord of the Rings video games, and it sounds like fans will have to wait a while longer for a reveal.

Amazon announced it had signed a deal with Crystal Dynamics to develop and publish the next major Tomb Raider game back in December 2022. We’ve heard nothing in the year-and-a-half since, although Crystal Dynamics was forced to reassure fans that it was unaffected by devastating cuts at embattled parent company Embracer.

Meanwhile, Amazon announced it had signed a deal with Middle-earth rights owner Embracer to develop an as-yet-untitled The Lord of the Rings MMO back in May 2023. Again, we’ve heard nothing since, but we do know this game is set in Middle-earth and features the stories of The Hobbit and more.

Speaking to Variety , Amazon Games chief Christoph Hartmann said a reveal for either game is not imminent, but is not long away. “It’s not going to be tomorrow, but it’s not too far away,” Hartmann said, before insisting Amazon Games is now “getting into a much more regular cadence of shipping games.”

“That’s all I’m allowed to tell you right now,” Hartmann added. “It’s all about quality. You don’t want to just be rushed out. That doesn’t work. It has to be triple-A quality, because the bar is so high.”

Amazon will be keen to capitalize on other Tomb Raider and The Lord of the Rings projects it has in the works by lining up the TV shows with the video games. Prime Video has confirmed a Tomb Raider live-action series with Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge in place as writer and executive producer, although it has yet to say when it will launch. Meanwhile, Rings of Power Season 2 kicks off on Amazon Prime in August, with more seasons confirmed to be in the works.

It's not going to be tomorrow, but it's not too far away.

In the interview, Hartmann pointed to Microsoft’s recent success with the Prime Video Fallout TV show , which boosted interest in the Fallout games. “And so you can see a world where Amazon would do well to release a game simultaneously available to play on PC, console, mobile, as well as launching a TV series or an animation on its Prime Video service,” Hartmann explained.

However, fans shouldn’t necessarily consider the Tomb Raider TV show canon with the video games. While that’s worked out well for the Fallout TV show, which is set after all the Fallout video games, Hartmann suggested Amazon’s plan for Tomb Raider is closer to Sony’s with its hugely successful Marvel’s Spider-Man games, which are separate to the Spider-Man movies.

“You see it with Tomb Raider, where we’re gonna have a Tomb Raider game coming and they’re doing a show,” Hartmann said. “And some people say, ‘Oh, will they be linked together?’ And I give them the example, look at Spider-Man. There’s amazing, amazing games. There’s great animated content, there’s great live-action, and everyone seems to be very happy with that. So it does not need to be always that everything is mingled together, but it’s really one brand, which really just shows for me why transmedia nowadays is so important, and how games is such a vital part.”

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].

Inside Amazon Games Chief’s Strategy to Build Up a Triple-A Threat With ‘Tomb Raider,’ ‘Lord of the Rings’ and Leaving Space for New IP (EXCLUSIVE)

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“The approach we took at Amazon is the long game,” Hartmann said. “Rather than going out on a buying frenzy and just collect studios — and you know how it is, it sometimes works out, but no one talks about the studio acquisitions which didn’t work out, but there’s actually far more than the ones which worked out — we said, let’s focus on internal and selective external games. When you look from where we started to where we are now, we have now eight games in development, and we’re really going to start to get a more regular cadence of putting out games. But I’m also someone who believes that you really just can focus on maybe two, three games a year.”

That means, unfortunately, that he has nothing he can say about Amazon’s upcoming “Tomb Raider” and “The Lord of the Rings” video games (except when there’s news: “It’s not going to be tomorrow, but it’s not too far away”). That said, Hartmann has plenty to reveal about Amazon’s strategy and philosophy for focusing on Triple-A titles and becoming “the best game publisher out there.”

But there’s an uphill battle ahead.

Van Dreunen continued, “With games, you have to develop it, but even if you purchase them, you still have to account for the fact that you have to cater to the audience on a regular basis. Games have transitioned to these live services games, where people don’t just play by themselves, they play with other people, they have all these different things they can do inside of games, and so it’s a very different model of creating content for your platform. I can see a portfolio approach in Amazon for TV series, music, sports franchises and Hollywood productions being a much easier internal sell, because it’s discrete purchases, discrete investments, as opposed to, we’re going to spend all this money on a free-to-play title and try to keep it alive post-release by releasing additional content for years to come. It’s a very different animal to live in the Amazon universe.”

It’s the company’s approach to transmedia IP that could make or break Amazon Games’ success, according to van Dreunen, who points to how well the “Fallout” TV series did for Amazon, while noting that Microsoft’s Bethesda Game Studio profits from how well the existing game franchise did in return.

“I think they have an interesting point in that they take it on a multi-tiered perspective,” he said. “They’re developing and they are publishing a bunch of different projects at the same time and what they are learning and what they’re realizing more recently is the importance of a position where they can do amazing things, provided they own the IP. And so we saw in the case of the ‘Fallout’ series, which is intellectual property owned by Microsoft, it was big success and so all this viewership — but then all the playing and in game spending goes directly to Microsoft. And so you can see a world where Amazon would do well to release a game simultaneously available to play on PC, console, mobile, as well as launching a TV series or an animation on its Prime Video service. So finding the appropriate content that matches its different capabilities and pushing audiences into different directions across its ecosystem of activities and services, that’s going to be part of Amazon Games’ new program. And its acquisitions and the growth of its team, both in the US and internationally, have suggested that path.”

Read Variety ‘s full interview with Hartmann below.

What is the mission of Amazon Games, and what are you looking to make?

For me personally, I always want us to be the best games publisher out there, in the long run, or at least one of the best publishers out there. But really, when you see also what it does for Amazon, with Amazon becoming much more of an entertainment company, you see the success Prime Video is having. And there’s music, there’s Audible. And one piece which was missing is games, and so we’re really part of that bigger entertainment family.

As you know, it takes such a long time to make games. Now, it’s five years, if not longer. And the approach we took at Amazon is the long game. Rather than going out on a buying frenzy and just collect studios — and you know how it is, it sometimes works out, but no one talks about the studio acquisitions which didn’t work out, but there’s actually far more than the ones which worked out — we said, let’s focus on internal and selective external games. When you look from where we started to where we are now, we have now eight games in development, and we’re really going to start to get a more regular cadence of putting out games. But I’m also someone who believes that you really just can focus on maybe two, three games a year.

You’ve just announced you’re launching NCSoft’s free-to-play MMORPG “Throne and Liberty” in North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan in September. How did that deal come about and what is Amazon Games’ involvement in the creative on a project like that?

It’s done by NCSoft, a very, very huge, huge, huge Korean developer and publisher. And it’s really a partnership we did where they manage everything on the home turf, and we take care of the publishing outside of Korea on all platforms. It’s the first multiplatform title we have, so there will be a lot of learnings for us, but it really fits also with our strategy. Because when we started off saying, OK, so what games should we do? I said, when you look at the different genres, MMO is actually a pretty underserved genre. There hasn’t been a lot of new things, because it would be pretty stupid to say, hey, let’s do a soccer game, let’s do a basketball game, it would have not sounded like a smart plan. So we went strategically into MMO’s when there was an opportunity and NCSoft came to us and said, hey, if you want to work together, after the success you have seen of us working together with Smilegate — that really falls into our strategy, where we started off going into MMOs. But obviously now we kind of have a foot, also with “New World,” in that genre and it’s expanding our world into other genres. But it’s a huge, huge game.

How are you working through what games you can and can’t do based on Amazon-related IP? For example, “The Boys” is a hugely popular Amazon Prime Video show — but it’s produced by Sony Pictures Television, meaning if a video game were in the works there, Sony’s PlayStation Studios would more than likely be the first choice to work on that.

Imagine there’s 24 bottles of cola and there’s Coca-Cola — you steer towards that. And that’s why I think especially transmedia makes sense. And Amazon is really, really well set up when you look at the different pieces we have. So there’s collaboration, but it’s not as straightforward. It also has to make sense as a game. Remember around the 2000s, it was a big business that every movie, every TV show was turned into a game. You wouldn’t believe it, it’s a secret, people didn’t know I worked on a “Dora the Explorer” game. And it actually sold! But those days are over, so you really have to be the right property that it makes sense as a game. “Fallout” is a great example. It was an amazing, amazing TV show that Prime Video put together. And when you look at the data, the sales numbers went up dramatically, even for us. It was available as a download on Prime Gaming and you could stream it on Luna and it was record breaking for us. That’s really a big part of the future, and games plays a really, really vital role — both ways, as a source, as well as an extension of an existing IP.

Where do you want to see Amazon Games at in five years?

I would like to have some games where we work very closely together with Prime Video. I want to work on some existing big IPs. But what I also want to do, what is very rare, is I don’t want to fall in the trap of, once we have one or two major franchises to stop doing the other ones. Because when you look at the big, traditional publishers, they have 50%, 60%, 70% of their revenue coming from a single game, and then they maybe have a second game, and then it stops and they’re not doing new IP. That’s actually one reason I came to Amazon because we want to keep on innovating. We still want to do new IPs. We still want to create new things, and that’s really the difference we want to make in the long run. We don’t want to be afraid in saying, hey, we have a hit now, let’s stop everything else. We want to help to make it great, but never forget, those things fade away and there will be another day, and it will be another time where people want something new.

How do you see AI affecting the gaming industry at large and Amazon in particular over the next few years?

Take “League of Legends.” That’s not necessarily a game you’re gonna start off when you get to the gaming world, because someone’s going to yell at you, “Get out of my game.” But imagine using AI to get trained up, having an artificial mentor who helps you, who learns your playing behavior, and guides you so you can compete, you actually can play. So it will enable us to bring new consumers to gaming who may be afraid to play those more sophisticated games. And I think it will be a huge, huge transition.

So far, the gaming industry has been driven by hardware. Every new console generation enabled us to make games, but the driver really was the hardware. I think they’re shifting now. The hardware will get better and better, but the improvement is a little bit slower than it was between PlayStation and PlayStation 2. I think the new improvement is going to be on the software side. AI will define your game in the future. And we at Amazon as a company are perfectly set up to go and become a major player in that space.

While Amazon has been growing its games division, Netflix has been building out its roster of video games as well, beginning with many mobile games and no recent updates yet regarding their longterm Triple-A plans. Why is Amazon focused on Triple-A over than mobile games?

There’s a huge difference there. On mobile games, there’s two reasons. When you really look at the mobile market, there have not been any new games or big games in the last couple of years, because people are so heavily invested. They’ve committed so much time, money also, in games. So it’s going to be very hard for them to leave. So it’s even more than in the Triple-A console world, the winner takes all. It’s very hard to break through. Plus the market is mainly free to play, so you go in and play it a little bit, then you go back to the game you played before. So it’s very, very, very hard to enter that market, because it’s really down to a couple of IPs. And I think it’s just much more opportunities for the market to be on the PC market, on the console market, because people play for a while and go on, but really take it seriously. And then it’s also personal reason. My background comes from Take-Two. I spent a while at Rockstar and then founded 2K. I haven’t done mobile games. If the company would say, Christoph, let’s do mobile games, I would have to hire someone. But I still believe it really, really is about Triple-A games, because otherwise it’s a very hard market to get into.

How are you looking at release schedules for Amazon’s upcoming game titles over the next couple years, and are you avoiding the windows for key competitor titles, like Rockstar’s “GTA 6” coming in fall 2025?

What is Amazon’s strategy when it comes to monetization of its video games?

There’s two sets of games: free to play, which we have, and then games you get charged for. What’s really important is the spirit we live in, which is what I personally believe, but it also fits perfectly with our parent company, is that monetization is always fair and it feels you get real value. I want people always to step away and say, “Maybe it was not totally what I wanted, but they treated me fair. I didn’t pay too much. They didn’t try to exploit me. There’s no pay to win.” And that’s very important that the consumer, the gamer, can accept. But yes, obviously you have to make money. I know there’s a world where people ideally have games for free — but with 200 people working for five years, they can’t be for free. But monetization, the most important thing for me is to make it fair. I think fair and perceived value are the two most important things. People spend a lot of money for things they like, so it’s really our job to deliver the quality and what people like.

What can you tell me about when we’ll hear more on the new “Tomb Raider” and “The Lord of the Rings” games, and when those titles will be released?

It’s not going to be tomorrow, but it’s not too far away. As I said, we’re getting into a much more regular cadence of shipping games. That’s all I’m allowed to tell you right now… It’s all about quality. You don’t want to just be rushed out. That’s doesn’t work. It has to be Triple-A quality, because the bar is so high.

How does Amazon Games compare to other gaming companies right now in terms of growth and hiring amid the recent industrywide layoffs?

We’re actually investing right now. We opened up a studio in Bucharest. There’s lots of good talent in Eastern Europe and lots of good games coming from there. Now we have the studio in Montreal, which will keep growing. So we are actually in a phase where we are expanding heavily with our internal studios. We’re looking at other [locations] as well. I don’t know, it sounds almost ethically, probably the wrong answer, but with all the changes going on the industry, it’s a good opportunity for us to find talent. Because when you look at the market, during peak COVID times, when it was an absolute hiring and buying frenzy, it was very hard for us to get talent, because everyone wanted to work on the really big established things. And now it’s a great opportunity for us going in. We believe in the long run. Look at the stock market and that psychology. A stock goes up, everyone goes crazy on when it’s the right time to buy, rather than when it’s lower, to go in and heavily invest and see how it grows. That’s really what we do. We are very, very committed to games and keep on hiring. So if the game developers out there reads that, please look at all the ads we have everywhere. We’re looking for a lot of talent to grow internally.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

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‘Lord Of The Rings’ Owner Embracer Sees Full-Year Entertainment Sales Grow To $678M

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Embracer Group ‘s masterplan to build on its Lord of the Rings IP is in its infancy, but the signs are good.

The company’s annual report for 2023/2024 showed the Entertainment & Services division that currently houses them posted net sales of SEK7.08B ($678M), up 34% on SEK5.27B posted in the previous year. This accounts for about 17% of company net sales.

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Embracer said “the strong adjusted EBIT growth and higher margins YoY is primarily explained by stronger-than-expected licensing revenue for The Lord of the Rings IP,” which sits in Middle-earth Enterprises unit within the Freemode operating group.

The company noted several PC and console, mobile and trading card games had come through Middle-earth Enterprises during the financial year. Its has a busy TV and film schedule ahead, with a second season of Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power set to launch, anime film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim coming this December and The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum coming as the first of two films from Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.

Last month, Embracer group CEO Lars Wingefors said the  Lord of the Rings  universe could “become a key driver in the coming decades,” while playing up the potential of new new  Tomb Raider  streaming and film titles. “Strong partners, such as Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon MGM Studios, that complement our capabilities, are an important part of our IP strategy,” he had added.

In April, it was announced that Embracer would split its operations into three, with new unit Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends housing Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider .

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Ian McKellen withdraws from tour of his play to ‘protect my recovery’ after fall from stage

By The Associated Press

Posted Jul 1, 2024 12:02:57 PM.

Last Updated Jul 1, 2024 12:45:16 PM.

LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen said Monday he is withdrawing from a U.K. tour of his latest play because he needs more time to recover after falling off the stage at a London theater last month.

McKellen, 85, said his injuries “improve day by day.”

“It’s with the greatest reluctance that I have accepted the medical advice to protect my full recovery by not working in the meantime,” he said in a statement.

The “Lord of the Rings” star spent three nights in a London hospital after tumbling from the stage during a performance of “Player Kings” at the Noel Coward Theatre on June 17.

The play is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s two “Henry IV” history plays, directed by Robert Icke. Several performances were canceled after the incident before the run resumed with understudy Devid Semark in the role of Falstaff.

Producers said Semark would continue to play the part during a national tour that runs July 3-27.

McKellen, who played Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings,” and Magneto in the “X-Men” films, is one of Britain’s most acclaimed Shakespearean actors, with roles including Richard III, Macbeth and King Lear.

He has won a Tony Award — for “Amadeus” — several Olivier Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards, five Emmys and several BAFTA awards.

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‘The Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy Ends Domestic Box Office Re-Release with a Heroic Haul

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The Big Picture

• The Lord of the Rings trilogy re-released in theaters with impressive box office results but tapered off over time.
• The original trilogy grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide and won a total of 17 Oscars, with Return of the King sweeping the awards.
• Director Peter Jackson returned to helm The Hobbit prequels, considered inferior, but is involved in upcoming Lord of the Rings projects.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy returned for a third and final round in theaters this weekend , concluding a special re-release run that began earlier in June. Each film in the ground-breaking trilogy was re-issued for one day at a time, three weekends in a row . While the box office response was quite impressive in the opening weekend, the results have understandably tapered off. The three movies made a combined total of just around $500,000 this weekend, having admittedly played in only 51 locations. The re-release, which comes courtesy of Fathom Events and Warner Bros., began on over 1,500 domestic screens.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the results. The first film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , was re-issued in theaters on June 8, and returned for a second round on June 14, and then again for round three on June 22. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , returned to theaters on June 9, 15, and 23; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King played in theaters on June 10, 16, and 24. All three films were presented in special remastered and extended versions.

The Middle-Earth Movies Have Grossed a Combined Total of Nearly $6 Billion Worldwide

The Fellowship of the Ring made $2.4 million on its first day of re-release, around $632,000 on day two, and around $167,000 on day three . The Two Towers grossed $1.9 million on day one, around $508,000 on day two, and around $146,000 on day three . The Return of the King began its re-release run with $1.7 million, followed it up with around $513,000, and made $155,000 on its third and final day in theaters. Combined, the three films grossed a little over $8 million during this run. Based on the high fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien , the Lord of the Rings trilogy followed the adventures of Frodo Baggins , who goes on a quest to destroy the evil One Ring with the help of his friends, and an elite “fellowship” comprising iconic characters such as Aragorn , Boromir , and Legolas .

Directed by Peter Jackson , the Lord of the Rings trilogy is widely considered to be one of the greatest film series of all time . Produced on a combined reported budget of nearly $300 million, the three films were released between 2001 and 2003. They grossed a combined total of nearly $3 billion worldwide and won a total of 17 Oscars from 30 nominations . The Return of the King famously swept the 76th Academy Awards, winning in each of the 11 categories it was nominated for. The Fellowship of the Ring ’s total global haul stands at nearly $895 million; The Two Towers has generated $921 million, and The Return of the King has grossed $1.1 billion globally.

Jackson returned to helm a new trilogy of prequel movies based on Tolkien's The Hobbit , but they’re generally considered to be significantly inferior to the original films, despite their considerable box office success. He will next return as an executive producer on the upcoming anime film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim , which is set for a theatrical release later this year, and as a producer on Andy Serkis ’ tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum , due for release in 2026. Prime Video, on the other hand, is gearing up to release the second season of its big-budget streaming series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , which takes place before the events of the movies. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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