Series based on works J.R.R. Tolkien “Lord of the Rings“on which the company Amazon allocated about a billion dollars, can be canceled. Rumors come from several sources at once, but they still need to be taken with skepticism.
The first part of the information was voiced by one of the oldest fan sites. TheOneRing.net. As the leading stream told, the production of The Lord of the Rings is in full swing, and the film crew is wound between locations in the US and New Zealand. According to the idea, the first series should begin with a grand battle that will take place on and under water. In this case, the description suggests that we are talking about the fall of Numenor.
The problem is that viewers may not see this. As several insiders told at once, Amazon studios fired ALL scriptwriters who worked on the series. According to the company’s plan, a completely new team of writers will be hired to produce the second season of The Lord of the Rings.
At the same time, the large-scale shootings mentioned above are not used for the first season, but for one or two pilot episodes. All prepared materials for the first season were frozen.
An indirect confirmation of the rumors is the activity on Twitter of one of the screenwriters of The Lord of the Rings. Jennifer hutchinson (“Breaking bad“,”Better call Saul“), which a few weeks ago in a joking form pleaded for her to work on the adaptation of the game Dishonored. As for the other members of the scriptwriting team, their activity in social networks over the past three months indicates a large amount of free time. This is strange given the fact that Amazon has contracted for five seasons.
TheOneRing.net also reports that the creators of the series no longer collaborate with the legendary literary critic Tom shippywho over the years studied the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and is a recognized expert in the world of Middle-earth, who worked on projects Peter Jackson. This is scary for the reason that the contract with the fund Tolkien estate Amazon Studios does not give the right to change the canon, so the company needed a consultant in the person of Shippy.
The second batch of rumors comes from the YouTube blog team Midnight’s Edge. In one of the latest videos on the transfer of a film about James bond, the theme of the series “Lord of the Rings” was casually touched. To reduce the cost of production, Amazon planned to take advantage of locations in New Zealand, which were rebuilt for the films of Peter Jackson. In particular, we are talking about the settlement of the Shire hobbits. Little is known about other film sets.
According to an insider from the studio Pinewood With reference to the corporate newsletter, the company’s management intends to temporarily curtail the production of a number of projects due to the situation around the coronavirus. One of these projects is the series The Lord of the Rings, as the studio previously created locations for films from the trilogies “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit”
However, do not forget about the tight contract with copyright holders. If Amazon is unable to adhere to the production schedule, the project may be completely canceled, as the series must be released by a certain date. This will minimize financial losses, given the billion dollar budget. A similar type of contract is not uncommon for Hollywood: a similar agreement Marvel concluded with Sony on films about Spider man.
The Lord of the Rings can be a serious failure for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezoswho is obsessed with the idea of making a series that eclipses “Game of Thrones“from HBO. Amazon already has a number of successful projects (“Man in a high castle“and”Boys“), however, the main hopes are placed on the film adaptation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert Jordan (“Wheel of Time“).
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