Yes indeed, and you doubtless did not hear it here first, Amazon has announced a TV adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Frankly, I
am ambivalent 😶 as on the one hand I do not see how this could even begin
to match the movies. Yet on the other, Amazon is working with the
Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line –
and it is hard to
fathom that such a team could produce a poor imitation. Also, I
think the movies are set in such a high place that this cannot touch
them. After all, if it fails then the movies look doubly good, but if
the t.v. series succeeds then we can cheer.
What
I find hilarious is that, according to the Hollywood Reporter, the
series is Amazons attempt to find a challenger to the success HBO’s Game of Thrones
and establish a big-name franchise. (I suppose that is one good GRRM's work did: showing the world that fantasy book adaptations are quite viable in T.V. series format.)
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