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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: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday November 15 2017, @02:02AM (3 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday November 15 2017, @02:02AM (#597098) Homepage Journal

    But I saw all three movies because I wanted to see what happened in the end.

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday November 15 2017, @04:39AM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday November 15 2017, @04:39AM (#597154)

    The LotR books are a bit tedious, and definitely not written the way modern books would be.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @12:49PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @12:49PM (#597261)

      I wish the corporate overlords would stop beating dead horses and bring something refreshing to the big screen. I'd love to see an adaptation of Malazan Book of the Fallen [wikipedia.org]. I'm on the 8th book in the series now, and it remains still very interesting, even if Toll of the Hounds is a bit slow and plodding. My favorite so far has been the 5th book, Midnight Tides, which contains two characters, Udinaas and Tehol, who, even though they don't meet, have an extensive dialog on the nature of capitalism and wealth. I posted an excerpt of that book where the Crippled God gives a monologue that foreshadows the events in the 7th book, Reaper's Gale, which continues the themes of Midnight Tides to their inevitable conclusion of fascism.

      All this in a fairy story. LotR is basically World War 2. I think we need something like Malazan Book of the Fallen that has themes that are more relevant to the present situation in the world.

      Of course, everybody is too busy pigging out on 'member berries, hiding away from reality in the blanket of nostalgia. Something as contemporary as Malazan would threaten to burst the bubble of escapism.

      Oh... I should also mention. I'm certain feminists will hate Malazan because of how much gender equality there is. Girls chasing boys! Lorraine McFly would not approve!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @10:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @10:20AM (#597245)

    I think I'm about 15 years younger than you are, but I found the books great to read. It's true that I never read them a second time, and I don't feel the need to (I read Asimov for instance at least three times each or something like that. Hell, I read the full discworld series twice...).