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Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series reportedly to cost $500 million
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| 03/19/18
| James Hibberd
Posted on 03/21/2018 7:50:31 AM PDT by Simon Green
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To: BBQToadRibs
So help me, if they take the Numenor storyline and turn it into a “Resistance” parable, I will go all GEEK SMASH on them.
To: ClearCase_guy
I’m feeling thin, Gandalf, sort of stretched,
Like a book made into three movies....
To: Simon Green
My worry is that if it is the Silmarillion, that book is more fantastic than LOTR (features gods), which means more CGI, which does not sound like a good thing to me.
To: pepsionice
I would be curious how the business side of Amazon bought off on this idea.Simple. Game of Thrones is one of the most popular TV series of all time. Next year HBO will air the remaining 6 episodes and then that's it. It's done.
Amazon sees a built-in audience of GoT fans.
I hope they succeed. I love GoT and will greatly miss it. If Amazon can bring the same high quality to their program, it's a win-win for everyone.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:12:57 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: ClearCase_guy
The first Hobbit movie was a waste of my time. The second Hobbit movie just made me mad. I deeply regret seeing it. As an example: I swear they made Dain Ironfoot into a version of Fat Bastard from the Austin Powers movies. Just so wrong I cannot imagine what they were thinking. Completely agree but I think I hold a higher opinion of The Lord of The Rings trilogy than you did. But the two Hobbit movies were just awful in my opinion.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:13:54 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
To: a fool in paradise
It isnt a tv proggram because they are not a tv network.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:14:42 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Simon Green
When is it going to be available?
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:14:52 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say)
To: Drew68
Joe Abercrombie s First Law series would make for a good if not grim series if done right.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:17:17 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(It isn't racist if it's true, is it?)
To: Simon Green
...the Amazon project will be a prequel series based on Tolkiens works with an as-yet-unreleased story line. A little something from The Silmarillion? Eru Ilúvatar and his dysfunctional family?
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:19:59 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
To: camle; VanDeKoik
In addition to the Sillmarillion, there is a lot of material on the War of the Ring in the north of Middle Earth implied in the Appendices. The Dwarves of Eribor and the Men of Dale fighting Orcs; the Elves of Rivendell and of Lorian attacking Dol Gothur; and so on.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:20:34 AM PDT
by
VietVet
To: Simon Green
A better thing to do would be to show the pre-history of LOTR Tolkien provided in the back of the third book: the rise and banishment of Sauron, how the 5 wizards came about, how Gondor came to be (Elindel, etc.), Lothlorien. I found as interesting as LOTR.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:21:01 AM PDT
by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: PlateOfShrimp
“which means more CGI, which does not sound like a good thing to me.”
in the theater it’s not a good thing because it’s used as a substitute for story, character, acting and dialog. With series like Game of Thrones and The Expanse, it’s been used to very good effect, but only to set the backdrop for great story, great characters, good acting and good dialog. CGI has been used so badly so often that I’m always impressed at the rare occasions when it’s used well.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:21:24 AM PDT
by
catnipman
( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: camle
It's almost certainly the Silmarillion, more specifically Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age. Whoever joked about expanding a paragraph isn't far off - the Third Age is about two dozen pages long.
There will probably be a lot of nods to Black Douglas, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and The Green Knight.
Guessing it will all soup down into one spectacular failure - it's been done before. People are tired of Star Wars now, just as Lucas feared.
The next implosion will be MCU and the Infinity Wars, you wait and see. The trailer is muck. There'll be a rush order on a Panther 2 and WW2 but a whole lotta behind-the-scenes cancels on the Thor/Cap/Spidey series.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:21:47 AM PDT
by
StAnDeliver
( Parkland is the most massive failure in law enforcement since 9/11)
To: camle
unless theyre doing the sillmarillion
Which, done right, would be sweet!
To: Red Badger
Never read the books, never saw the movies, wont watch the TV shows................ How nihilistic of you.
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:24:24 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(Islam is Satans finest work.)
To: mewzilla
Nuts... A tax gimmick? Money laundering?
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:24:28 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
To: Simon Green
I'm sure this will make a lot of money BUT I hope they are faithful to the book(s).
Jackson's LOTR trilogy butchered several major characters to incoherence but I can watch the movies. I only saw one of the Hobbit movies and thought is was too horrible to view again.
I would love to buy a faithful rendition of Tolkien’s works. Hey movie makers, I’d spend beaucoup bucks!
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:24:29 AM PDT
by
Varda
To: Louis Foxwell
Don’t believe in wizards, dragons, magic and the like.
Against my religion..................
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:25:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Simon Green
Keep throwing money Bezos...
To: Simon Green
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posted on
03/21/2018 8:26:22 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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