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TIL that due to budget issues, the Lord of the Rings trilogy was briefly planned as one film. Helm’s Deep and Saruman were cut, Rohan and Gondor merged with Éowyn as Boromir’s sister, etc. Upset by the idea of “cutting out half the good stuff,” Peter Jackson left Miramax and went to New Line Cinema.

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