THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MORE RINGS
Posted: 062918

Amazon has committed about $250 million per year for a five year TV series adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Amazon beat out several contenders but one company that didn’t even bid was HBO because they already had Game of Thrones. The main show is ending but there are five separate prequels in the works so HBO had no interest in sharing an intellectual property with anyone. As it is since Warner Bros. Pictures is co-producing Rings they will get a cut of the series anyway. The show will not be a remake of the films but a spin-off. The show has to begin production in two years and Peter Jackson isn’t involved at this point but has talked to Amazon about something. First reports say the series will focus on a young Aragorn in the first season.