I didn’t hear this news when it hit years ago: “The Beatles had approached J.R.R. Tolkien about doing a film version of Lord of the Rings starring the Fab Four.”
Lennon wanted to play Gollum; McCartney, Frodo; Ringo, Sam; and Harrison, Gandalf. Tolkien said, “Over my dead body,” or something like that. Too bad Nimoy didn’t have to ask him for permission to sing about Bilbo in the 70s.
If there is any definitive proof that God exists and He loves humanity, it is the fact that this movie was never made.
If it had, it would have become one of those movies the VHS store always carried, possibly next to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.