So, if you have 250 mill, you can buy the TV rights to Lord of the Rings...[SOLD

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MetalDog

#30
November 14, 2017, 09:29:39 PM
Nothing new to add, but a bit more speculation on where the show may go:


https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11/14/16648532/amazon-the-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series-prequel-ip
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mirth

#31
December 19, 2017, 10:18:00 AM
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Sir Slash

#32
December 19, 2017, 11:51:02 AM
NOW they got my attention!
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JasonPratt

#33
April 12, 2018, 11:24:04 AM
So, if you have ONE! BILLYONNN! DOLLLLARRSSS! (plus 250 mill to buy the rights), you can produce a tv series about the Lord of the Rings.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/102931983/sir-peter-jackson-could-be-joining-amazons-billiondollar-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series

Oh, and then Peter Jackson might help, maybe.
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#34
June 03, 2018, 03:14:39 PM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

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Gusington

#35
June 03, 2018, 03:19:12 PM
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JasonPratt

#36
June 03, 2018, 09:26:44 PM Last Edit: June 03, 2018, 09:29:36 PM by JasonPratt
FIVE SEASONS OF WHO EVEN KNOWS WHAT REALLY!  :buck2:

Edited to add: hm, I thought I had read earlier that McKellen was already in talks to return as Gandalf, but that article suggests no one has even asked him yet. (Not that I overly care, though he was a fine Gandalf -- he showed in interviews he didn't understand the character at all, but that's how good an actor McK is I guess.)
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Sir Slash

#37
June 03, 2018, 10:33:10 PM
I'm going to change my name to, "Tolkien" to get a cut of that $250 Million.  ^-^
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JasonPratt

#38
June 04, 2018, 08:00:11 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on June 03, 2018, 10:33:10 PM
I'm going to change my name to, "Tolkien" to get a cut of that $250 Million.  ^-^

If I was still in broadcast production, I'd want to get on board with the production company and get a sliver of that 1 billion! Lots of work for someone out there.

Perhaps Electronic Arts will sense money in the water, and find a way to release their now-classic LotR games on GoG/Steam/etc. now... (And convert their PS2 games to modern platforms. And make ponies fly...  :'( )
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JasonPratt

#39
June 24, 2020, 09:05:44 PM
ARISE MEN OF NUMENOR!



The Amazon series stands revealed as being set in the Second Age! We're getting (at least some parts of) the Silmarillion!! Which I suppose I'll have to learn to spell now!  :hide:

No idea if this is five seasons of the Second Age, but considering they're having to compete against an (apparent) commitment to film the whole Wheel of Time series (with some books in the middle compressed, thank God), then they might well be. There's a ton of content to work with, and even some characters still around in the film series later to make tie-ins.
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MetalDog

#40
June 24, 2020, 10:52:16 PM
It's great to speculate, but, I won't believe it will get off the ground until I hear it is in production.  Having said that, if I was to get what I wished, I would like to see them tie in as many of the important happenings in the Second Age as possible.  Maybe using each season to see things from Elves, Men, Dwarves, and Sauron's viewpoint, and then tying it altogether in the fifth season.  What I would REALLY love to see is The Silmarillion from beginning to end.  Anyone who saw LotR would have a much greater appreciation for the epic span of time brought to a close with Gollum falling into the Crack of Doom.  And there are as many stories as you could want.  Some already fleshed out, Turin, Beren & Luthien, to the times between the great battles of Dagor Bragollach and the Nirnaeth Arnoeid (sp?).  There is literally years of programming there if they want it.  I just want them to be true to the source material where present and stay in the spirit for the stuff you invent.
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Martok

#41
June 25, 2020, 02:21:39 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on June 24, 2020, 10:52:16 PM
I just want them to be true to the source material where present and stay in the spirit for the stuff you invent.
+1 million to this.  I'm totally down for a series set in the Second Age, but as long as it's faithful to Tolkien's material & vision, I'll be happy regardless of when/where it's set. 

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JasonPratt

#42
June 25, 2020, 11:08:39 AM Last Edit: June 25, 2020, 11:11:19 AM by JasonPratt
Word is that the Tolkien estate is keeping a firm leash on proceedings, and will insist on all key details being included unchanged (probably with provisions for convenience in staging and filming.)

They can get pretty picky on details, too, although they don't always have intellectual-property control at that level: they would have preferred for the films NOT to show pumpkins for example, and praised a game (Lotro if I recall correctly) for intentionally omitting those as a crop in Middle-Earth.
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Destraex

#43
February 15, 2022, 07:16:39 AM
Looks like the firm leash was let loose. The trailer looks very much like I would expect from Hollywood these days. The purchase of a big name to get people to go see something only loosely related to the lore. Looks like JJ Abrams has had some influence on this one. It seems that Amazon has seen off the Tolkien advisor they had and are running free in the jungle with nothing to stop them from burning it down.

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MikeGER

#44
February 15, 2022, 07:58:13 AM
Quote from: Destraex on February 15, 2022, 07:16:39 AM
Looks like JJ Abrams has had some influence on this one.

from what i have read and seen so far
looks like Jar Jar Binks has had some influence on this one too   :-\

wouldn't be astonished if he even is also in the series ...just for diversity, and Gungan rights  ;)

oh wait, StarWars is Disney, so no ;D
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