Planned J. R. R. Tolkien Biopic Will Reveal the Mind Behind ‘The Hobbit’
22nd November 2013
The script for the Fox Searchlight project is being written by Tolkien “superfan” David Gleeson, whose credits include screenwriter on Irish movies Cowboys & Angels and The Front Line. Gleeson has an eventful life to pick through: Tolkien lived through both World Wars, serving as a signals officer during World War I, and training as a codebreaker in Britain’s Bletchley Park during World War II, before crafting the world of Middle Earth and populating it with elves, orcs, and dwarves.