Director Dome Karukoski
Genre Biography | Drama
Cast Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Mimi Keene, Genevieve O’Reilly
Rating PG-13
Release Date May 10th, 2019
“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.”
From director Dome Karukoski, Tolkien is a biography drama that explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. Check out the official trailer below!!
Ted Takes Fun Facts, Tolkien:
Star Nicholas Hoult's second outing as a famous author, having previously portrayed J.D. Salinger in "Rebel in the Rye."
Tolkien is Finnish director Dome Karukoski's first English language film.
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. This takes him into the outbreak of World War I, which threatens to tear the "fellowship" apart. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.
TOLKIEN explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including Tolkien's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart.