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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday November 14 2017, @10:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the Bilbo-and-Frodo-and-Gandalf,-oh-my! dept.

From Deadline.com:

In its quest to launch a hit fantasy series of the caliber of Game of Thrones, Amazon has closed a massive deal, said to be close to $250 million, to acquire the global TV rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. The streaming service has given a multi-season commitment to a LOTR series in the pact, which also includes a potential spin-off series.

The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.

No details about the deal were disclosed but it believed to be dwarfing any TV series pact to date with a whopping price tag attached.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Arik on Tuesday November 14 2017, @11:48PM

    by Arik (4543) on Tuesday November 14 2017, @11:48PM (#597062) Journal
    I don't think they're even going to try that.

    The article I read on this a few weeks back indicated they were pursuing this because they envied GoT, and thought the LoTR books would give them enough pre-written material to base their GoT killer on. Roughly paraphrased. The clear implication was they planned to sex it up to match GoT standards.

    So, if that's anything like accurate, I'm not interested. GoT was a trashy series of books, so the trashy screenplay fits, and obviously a lot of people like it.

    But LoTR sexed up to try and compete with it? That would not be in any way true to JRR, just cannibalizing his text and rewriting it badly in an attempt to woo the audience of another show. Sad.

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