If the Children of Húrin was filmed...

[Thinlómien]

We've all been so enthusiastic for the last months, because the book called Children of Húrin (consisting from J.R.R. Tolkien's notes and published things, edited by Christopher Tolkien - more on this thread) is to be published soon.

I read the Metro newspaper this morning. What caught my interest was a little article about CoH and this little statement by Chris Crawshaw, the chairman of the Tolkien Society: "It (The Children Of Hurin) would probably make a very good movie, if anyone can secure the film rights."

This made me wonder what kind of movie the story would make. I know it'll be easier to speculate once we have the book in our hands, but I think we can still discuss some things here now already. What (if something) things could be left out? What scenes would you definitely want to see? Who should play the main roles? Who should direct it? And so on... I'm interested to hear your opinions about these things.