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Can LOTR series beat got?
It will also beat Game of Thrones and The Crown, as the most expensive TV show in history. Tolkien fans have been waiting for news of the series since it was announced in 2014, so the fact it is underway is very exciting.
Can Amazon use The Silmarillion?
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series has reportedly obtained the rights to J.R.R. Tolkiens’s The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, or at least parts of them. It is said that Tolkien’s estate considers The Silmarillion to be the author’s greatest work and holds it in special regard.
Is there a TV series based on The Lord of the Rings?
An upcoming television series is being produced based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was developed by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video, and is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth before the events of the Lord of the Rings novel and films.
How much did it cost to make Lord of the Rings?
Amazon bought the television rights for The Lord of the Rings for US$250 million in November 2017, making a five season production commitment worth at least US$1 billion. This would make it the most expensive television series ever made.
Will there be a season 2 of The Lord of the Rings?
The writers were expected to map out the second season and write the majority of its scripts during this production break. At the start of March 2019, Amazon revealed that the series would be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the story of The Lord of the Rings.
Who are the actors coming back to The Lord of the Rings?
Others coming to the Lord of the Rings include British theatre actor Owain Arthur, British-Iranian actress Nazanin Boniadi, Australian actor Tom Budge, British actress Morfydd Clark, and Slovak-American actress Ema Horvath, the company said.