It looks like the Beatles toyed with the idea of bringing J.R.R. Tolkein's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy to the big screen in the early 1970s, with Paul McCartney in the role of Frodo Baggins.
According to Denis O'Dell, the film producer for the Beatles back then, John Lennon would have played Gandalf. O'Dell added David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA) was interested, but was working on RYAN'S DAUGHTER, and was unable to break away. They also attempted to get Stanley Kubrick to try, but he deemed the books, like many other directors before the age of CGI, unfilmable.
Then, well, the Beatles broke up.
No word on what roles Ringo Starr and George Harrison would have played.
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