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Lord Of The Rings TV Show Officially Coming To Amazon Prime

 

We told you that Amazon wanted a LOTR TV Show, and Amazon always gets what it wants.

 

 

Amazon has officially given the green light Variety reports, to a new small screen series based on J.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Lord of the Rings. The new program will set its story before the events of The Fellowship of the Ring, taking viewers on Middle-earth adventures not yet seen on the TV screen.

The deal also includes a potential additional spin-off series. The series 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.

“’The Lord of the Rings’ is a cultural phenomenon that has captured the imagination of generations of fans through literature and the big screen, We are honored to be working with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line on this exciting collaboration for television and are thrilled to be taking ‘The Lord of the Rings’ fans on a new epic journey in Middle Earth.” Sharon Tal Yguado, head of scripted series for Amazon Studios.

With the success of Game Of Thrones, this seemed like a no brainier that someone would attempt that type of epic set in the LOTR universe.

Amazon Has It’s “Eye” Set On Lord of the Rings TV Show

 

One TV show to rule them all?

 

 

Amazon is in talks with Warner Bros. Television to develop a new TV series based on The Lord of the Rings. The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien is also involved, after settling the lawsuit with Warner Bros. over a rights dispute, they two seem to be playing nice again.

Variety broke the news/rumor that Amazon is in talks with Warner Bros. Television and the Tolkien estate to adapt Lord of the Rings into a new series for Amazon.

Variety also says that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is personally involved with the project, which to my knowledge would be a first as Bezos doesn’t usually take such a hands-on approach to Amazon’s film and TV deals, but the CEO is apparently a big fan of fantasy and science-fiction.

 

 

There are no details on the project, so we can speculate on how it would work, and what works would be included? Could this be the way you finally see The Silmarillion hit the screen?

More details as we get it, but for now let’s dream and speculate on what want to see!