The series earned a combined $2.9 billion at the box office, with 2003’s Return of the King winning the Oscar for best picture. Peter Jackson directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy, released from 2001-03. Rowling for more Harry Potter, and initially floated the notion of a Lord of the Rings return. In November, Zaslav said he would like to make a deal with author J.K. Discovery’s investor call Thursday, comes as CEO David Zaslav seeks to assure Wall Street that Warners is very much in the franchise game, here harking back to the 2000s glory days when the studio was minting money with Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. The massive meeting starts off with just Gad and Astin, who recently participated in another Reunited Apart with the cast of The Goonies, entering a quest to reunite the group.'Dune: Part Two' Debuts Trailer Selling It as an 'Epic War Movie' at CinemaCon

'Of course, a place that all of us would like to shelter-in-place right now, The Shire.' 'It was a trilogy that would make mainstream words like hobbits, orcs, ringwraiths, elves, dwarves, wizards,' he continued.

'In December of 2001, this movie and the trilogy to follow would bring with them a level of excitement and anticipation not seen since the days of the Star Wars films,' Gad geeked.

Gad, giddy to speak with the cast, gave The Lord of the Rings franchise quite the introduction. This episode of the series, which has raised money for various charities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, is supporting the organization No Kid Hungry. In the newest rendition of his hit reunion show, the Frozen star hosted a massive video chat with Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Sir Ian McKellan, Peter Jackson and more. It was one zoom to rule them all when Josh Gad reunited the cast of The Lord of the Rings trilogy on his YouTube series Reunited Apart.

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