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November 6, 2017 04:00 am
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Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series
An anonymous reader quotes The Verge:Amazon Studios has been looking for a way to duplicate HBO's success with Game of Thrones, and the company may have found a solution: adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings into a TV series. Variety reports that the company is currently in talks with Warner Bros. Television and the late author's estate, and while discussions are said to be in "very early stages," it is clearly a high priority, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos himself involved in the negotiations. Amazon isn't the only looking into the rights, according to Deadline, which reports that the Tolkien Estate is looking to sell the television rights to the iconic fantasy series to the tune of $200-250 million, and has approached Netflix and HBO as well. There appears to be some strings attached: the rights might not encompass all of the characters in the story. HBO has reportedly passed on the project. "We can hear the pitch now," jokes The Verge. "It's like Game of Thrones, only with a series of books that are actually finished."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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