Breaking news, Lord of the Rings fans.
Variety is reporting that Warner Bros is in talks with Amazon studios and J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate to develop a Lord of the Rings TV Series. It appears that a few different networks have been competing for the rights to the series, but Amazon has now emerged as the clear front-runner.
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At this point, nothing is official, but news like this is a pretty good sign that there will be a Lord of the Rings television series.
It is uncommon for Bezos — known to be a fan of high fantasy and science fiction — to involve himself personally in dealmaking for Amazon Studios. But talks for “The Lord of the Rings” come at an uncommon moment for the e-commerce giant’s video-entertainment division.
Details on how the story would be handled have yet to be released, so we can only speculate, but a streamed series seems like the perfect medium to adapt a story like Lord of the Rings. A season per novel would allow the creators to really flesh out the nuances of the book series in a way the movies could not.
More information on this likely new series will be released as details become available.
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