I have a LOTR question.... I was watching the special features again and I thought I heard the director say the filming of all three movies took 16 months.
Did he misspeak? Was it 16 months for LOTR, and then different times for the other two movies?
Nope, all three movies were filmed simultaneously/back-to-back, in one big production.
LoTR - “Lord of the Rings” is all three movies.
Not to be confused with the first book... “Fellowship of the Ring”.
So yes, they filmed all three at the same time initially, before the release of FoTR. They did some reshoots and additional scenes “pickups” for each of the other two in between the movies, but the primary filming was already done. Make sense?