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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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Wednesday November 15 2017, @01:18AM (1 child)
That is a line from the movie Clerks II; Randal Graves: Oh, I'm crazy? Those fuckin' hobbit movies were boring as hell. All it was, was a bunch of people walking, three movies of people walking to a fucking volcano.
That said. I guess it could be good. I'll probably watch it. I'm just afraid the pitch meeting went something like .. OMGZOR LOTR MOVIES ... GAMES OF THRONES ... DRAGONS ... EPIC .... oh sweet here is a bazzllion buckaros .. go make content for us now ...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @05:07AM
That was THE pitch, not a meeting.