Rowling understood this and chose to use The Lord of the Rings as the outline for her own story so that she too could garner enough fame and fortune to perhaps write a new or more personal story later on. Meaning, they want creators to tell a story that's already been told and proven successful financially, but with changed details like setting and characters. A lot of the time, they want the same story, but different. Producers of Hollywood movies and book publishing companies are interested in one thing, and that's making money. RELATED: This Is The Reason You Didn't Like The Hobbit Movies However, there are some actual similarities in Harry Potter that have copied The Lord of the Rings. But perhaps this is an indication of Rowling's admiration of Tolkien. Although, this actually is just coincidence since author Joanne Rowling was advised by a publisher to use a fake name because at the time, readers were more likely to pick up and read a book if it had a male author.
And it is a little ironic that both authors chose to use a pen name of the initials of their first and middle names followed by their full last name.
The Lord of the Rings book trilogy started in 1954, while Harry Potter was not released until 1997 and not finished until 2007. Because The Lord of the Rings was written several decades before Harry Potter was, many think all those similarities between the two works aren't coincidence or inspiration, but rather a copy of one another.
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Of course, both of these popular movie franchises are actually adaptations of novels written by authors J. The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potterfans have been noticing some similarities between the two cinematic universes over the years. Two of the most popular franchises ever created have some of the most loyal fan bases in the world who know everything there is to know about their respective worlds.