Amazon could spend up to as much $500 million or more on the first two seasons of its Lord of the Rings show. By the sound of it, that includes the $250 million Amazon reportedly spent on the rights to make the series in the first place, $250 million already being a stupid-high number. To put this in context, the most expensive season of Game of Thrones made thus far is season 6, which cost HBO a cool $100 million to produce. And that’s only after Thrones spent five years building a following. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, meanwhile, cost a combined $281 million. Amazon is planning to top those numbers, and handily, right out of the gate.
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It is wise to take the chance after Game of Thrones ends but that is a lot of money to spend on a show. This could be crushing if it's a flop.
Did they say that Jackson is involved?
At this point I haven't seen anything to suggest it even shares the same canon as the Jackson movies.
One episode series that way.
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Turin and Hurin's tales of woe.
Beren and Luthien and Huan vs the great wolves.
The betrayal of the maritime elves, march of the Noldor
Creation of MIddle Earth
Lots of seasons in there.
Feanos and his sons.
Rise of Sauron.
When mankind thought to be the Valar and actually rosae against the Valar - Al-Pharazon.
Too much content.