According to our friends over at MetaCanada.ca , probably something like this:

The satirical website is having a bit of a laugh at the expense of the oilsands, speculating how J.R.R. Tolkien's mythic settlements in "The Lord of the Rings" would translate over to Alberta – and, of course, casting Fort McMurray as the dreaded Mordor. (Which isn't the first comparison between the two, by the way.)

“The tarry darkness that fell over Middle Earth in the novels is not unlike the oil being bored out of once-pristine, desolate bogs," reads the fake news story, which states that a Toronto film studio has green-lit a Canadian twist on the beloved trilogy.

To further their idea for a movie, which would focus less on the precious ring and more on Alberta's oil patch, they've imagined a cast of characters that could be played by Canadian politicians, personalities, and activists.

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