The Westernesse Movie!!

[Eruantien The Great]

The Silmarillion is too complicated to be made into a movie, because it spans hundreds of thousands of years. An option though, is to make the Westernesse movie. It is the tale of the fall of Numenor and The Last Alliance. Perfectly reasonable, because it only spans a few years.

[Raivynn]

That's a nice idea. And I agree, The Silmarillion shouldn't be made into a movie. There's no continuity, no single storyline thread. It's only feasible if they do one story out of it as you say. Or perhaps make a tv series or series of tv movies. Kinda like what they're doing with Dune.
Imagine trying to make a movie out of the Bible, and not just one of the stories. The whole thing as a movie.
Wouldn't work. The Silmarillion is in that same category for me.

[aragornspal]

Someone in Wizard News suggested it, and it may be really interesting. I would love to see Numenor and Sauron!

[Haerodiel]

The Silmarillion would be awsome as a movie, but way too hard. As you said, LotR spans 5 years, when in the book, it covers large time periods. Like, "and twenty years later..." how are you going to do that in movie form?

[Telecontar]

There is an article on this website here:http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/num-intro.htm