Lord of the Rings Series for Amazon ... I should be excited but ...
Usually, I can get hyped about the latest genre series coming to streaming services.
The news from Amazon about their THE LORD OF THE RINGS series, however, I am not sure ...
it Will Cost Them $1 Billion to Produce
Some new information regarding Amazon's The Lord of the Rings series has come to light thanks to THR . As you know, Amazon Studio paid $250 million for the right s to J.R.R. Tolkien 's novels and it looks like it will be one of the most expansive series ever. Amazon has committed to a five-seasons ...
They are going to use footage from the movies - how?
Peter Jackson might executive produce
Will the plot cover unused book material or fresh writing?
...Check it out at geektyrant
Wait...what? This is the first I'm hearing about this! Such a strange idea! I was sure it must be an April Fool's joke until I saw some articles about it last year. Not sure what to think of this...
Yeah guess we have to wait and see - could be epic or could be very bad :)
It could be an opportunity for them to right some of the wrongs in the otherwise incredible movie series, but it's more likely an opportunity for them to add in a bunch of stuff that doesn't belong in the Tolkien world. I'm very surprised the Tolkien Estate sold the rights!
The world needs more Tolkien, though. As long as it's not watered down beyond all recall, it never hurts to bring Middle-Earth back to the fore.