The Lord of the Rings Ring" and part of "The Two Towers". A three-issue comic book version of the movie was also published in Europe (but not printed in English), with illustrations by Luis Bermejo. When Bakshi's investors shied away of financing the second film that would complete the story, the remainder of the story was covered in an animated television special by Rankin-Bass. Stylistically, the two segments are very different. The second and more commercially successful adaptation was Peter Jackson's live action "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, produced by New Line Cinema and released in three instalments as "" (2001), "" (2002),
The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition was a traveling exhibit, created for the Te Papa Tongarewa museum of New Zealand by Wellington exhibition design company Story Inc, featuring actual props and costumes used in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" movies, as well as special effects demonstrations and "making of" documentary videos. The exhibit developed and changed slightly as it moved from one museum to another. While the Exhibit could not possibly hope to contain anywhere near a majority of the props and costumes used