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: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 15 2017, @05:30PM
The Fall of Gondolin, tales from Numenor, Turambar, all of those would be good material for screen adaptation. But the announcement made it sound more like they were going to cover the period between the Hobbit and LOTR. I can't imagine what they'd fill that with. Hijinks with Tom Bombadil? Palace intrigue in Minas Tirith? Naked and afraid among the Wild Men?
Washington DC delenda est.