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Lord of the Rings

#1 Post by FrauBlucher » Thu May 23, 2019 6:36 pm

This will be coming from Amazon Prime. They hired Gams of Thrones Writer. For those familiar with LOTR lore this will takes place during the Second Age of Middle Earth

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#2 Post by Michael Kerpan » Thu May 23, 2019 6:52 pm

Sounds more like a Silmarillion (or perhaps Akallabeth) series....

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#3 Post by moreorless » Mon May 27, 2019 3:11 pm

Michael Kerpan wrote: ↑
Thu May 23, 2019 6:52 pm
Sounds more like a Silmarillion (or perhaps Akallabeth) series....
They don't actually have the rights to the Silmarillion but events in the second age are covered in the appendix of Return of the King so can be used.

I always thought that seemed like the best direction to go in as you have the potential for the most LOTR like plot, grand in scale but also potentially shown at a relatively human level although really Tolkien only provides a basic framework there with almost all the writing needing to be original.

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#4 Post by Michael Kerpan » Mon May 27, 2019 4:24 pm

If they can't get the rights to draw upon Tolkien's own more detailed material, I'll give this a pass.

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#5 Post by moreorless » Tue May 28, 2019 1:42 am

Michael Kerpan wrote: ↑
Mon May 27, 2019 4:24 pm
If they can't get the rights to draw upon Tolkien's own more detailed material, I'll give this a pass.
That does obviously put a lot more pressure on the production to be of good quality although even the Silmarillion would be providing more of a framework not covering most evens within it in the detail LOTR does , I'll probably wait and see what the early reaction is like before deciding whether to watch.

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#6 Post by Persona » Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:45 pm

Press release today states that J.A. Bayona is directing the first two episodes; I think that's a pretty good pick, Jurassic World sequel notwithstanding.

Also found out today that Gennifer Hutchison of Breaking Bad/Better Caul Saul fame is apparently in the writer's room, which is super encouraging.

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#8 Post by tenia » Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:08 pm

For a moment, I was wondering when Joe Johnston got attached to this.

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