Here's some interesting information I came across about the aborted project.
I think Lennon as Gollum is a role comparable to his role as Gripweed in How I won the War if you understand how truncated the film will be, even if you split it up into two films. I think you'd probably end up with two films, because otherwise Kubrick won't direct it in all probability. Filming lasts for Lennon at least 6 weeks, since that's how long, I think, the How I won the War shoot lasted. So, filming lasts for him roughly from October to November, and possibly December 1969. The rest of the film probably takes a good while longer to complete. It's possible, knowing film shoots that the film begins shooting a good while earlier than that. Possibly sometime while Lennon himself is busy, even so, knowing the subject material it'd still take a good while to finish. Most of 1970. I'd imagine.
I'm thinking for continuity reasons, Kubrick would want to film both halves of his adaptation at the same time, or at the very least John's tendency towards changing his image would make him inclined towards filming all those scenes in 1969, rather than waiting to see if John shaves his beard off, or seeing if he's willing to regrow it latter on. Come to think about it, this probably means the film would generally take longer than I'd originally envisioned. Maybe filming goes into early 1971. In any case, the first half is probably ready for a release in Summer 1971. It'd need a big budget, and I'm not sure if Lennon's money had do it alone. But as "Lord of the Rings" is in theaters, Kubrick is working on editing "The Return of the King" into a film. Whether or not the sequel is actually released depends a lot on how "Lord of the Rings" does. I'm guessing it's released around 1973.
I have absolutely no idea how it would be cast aside from Lennon as Gollum.
Also, this situation probably means A Clockwork Orange doesn't get made.
So, the group as a whole disliked the project because it seemed to be very Lennon centric, and therefore unequal. It was Lennon's idea, so you might want to run with that idea. There's a possibility, from reading this, that you could end up with a situation where the rest of the group doesn't really want to do it, and the project evolves from a "Beatles LOTR project, to a partially Lennon financed, Stanley Kubrick (Assuming Lennon or someone else convinces him that it can in fact be filmed.) LOTR film in which Lennon plays the part of Gollum.
I think Lennon as Gollum is a role comparable to his role as Gripweed in How I won the War if you understand how truncated the film will be, even if you split it up into two films. I think you'd probably end up with two films, because otherwise Kubrick won't direct it in all probability. Filming lasts for Lennon at least 6 weeks, since that's how long, I think, the How I won the War shoot lasted. So, filming lasts for him roughly from October to November, and possibly December 1969. The rest of the film probably takes a good while longer to complete. It's possible, knowing film shoots that the film begins shooting a good while earlier than that. Possibly sometime while Lennon himself is busy, even so, knowing the subject material it'd still take a good while to finish. Most of 1970. I'd imagine.
I'm thinking for continuity reasons, Kubrick would want to film both halves of his adaptation at the same time, or at the very least John's tendency towards changing his image would make him inclined towards filming all those scenes in 1969, rather than waiting to see if John shaves his beard off, or seeing if he's willing to regrow it latter on. Come to think about it, this probably means the film would generally take longer than I'd originally envisioned. Maybe filming goes into early 1971. In any case, the first half is probably ready for a release in Summer 1971. It'd need a big budget, and I'm not sure if Lennon's money had do it alone. But as "Lord of the Rings" is in theaters, Kubrick is working on editing "The Return of the King" into a film. Whether or not the sequel is actually released depends a lot on how "Lord of the Rings" does. I'm guessing it's released around 1973.
I have absolutely no idea how it would be cast aside from Lennon as Gollum.
Also, this situation probably means A Clockwork Orange doesn't get made.
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