[Artemis Webb]

I'm looking forward to this if they don't stray too far from dogma. As for "theonering.net", they've been around for a long time and are connected. So I suspect most of this is true.

[cdcdawg]

This is going to be a total you-know-what show. A complete disaster. The people who do show business cannot possibly do this any other way. Get ready for gay hobbits.

[Richard Axtell]

I think this will become a woke disaster. There is no reason to remake TLR at all. They will not be able to surpass the Peter Jackson version, regardless of how woke they get. Do they own the rights? There should be penalties in such rights contracts that prevent the woke nightmare that Disney is wallowing in.

[BenLurkin]

Naked female dwarves?

[PIF]

Cost is in the neighborhood of ONE Billion Dollars US.

Main unit wrapped shooting in April 2021;

J.A. Bayona’s (a Spanish film director.) episodes are a standalone entry point to the series [like a feature film];

There are more incredible directors and big stars yet to be announced;

LOTR & Wheel of Time are sharing crew & directors;

They are aiming for a mid-2022 release;

Three lore experts / Tolkien scholars were on set for a time during production;

Tolkien Estate is said to be very happy with how things are progressing;

*CONFIRMED* for the 1st time EVER: elements & passages from “The Silmarillion” and “Unfinished Tales” are licensed by Amazon Studios for this adaptation [we broadly speculate those are sections of the book relative to Númenor and Rings of Power including full rights to stories licensed in the Appendices of “The Lord of the Rings,” which already mention Númenor and much more. Actors had posted instagram pics from Silmarillion over the last 18 months;

Sauron/Annatar will not be revealed in Season One

More here:
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/category/amazon-tv-series/

[Captain Peter Blood]

You know they have strayed, and maybe far. I will wait to see the reviews.

[MinorityRepublican]

Nudity is sparse and not sexualized— contrary to earlier concerns: but rather this artistic choice represents very dark thematic material suggestive of concentration camp-type visuals of victims, a harrowing portrayal of the corruption of the Elves by dark powers to ultimately become Orcs

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Should post this to the Hobbit Hole thread.

[Jumper]

Are halfings any thing like Japanese Newhalfs in this production?

[central_va]

No naked Orc women, PLEEEESE NO!!!!

[JoeRender]

I can hear the chanting of the cult of Woko Haram in the background of these new movies.