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Old 3rd June 2018, 12:32 PM
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Been confirmed 5 seasons of Lord of the rings

https://www.unilad.co.uk/film/five-s...how-confirmed/




Five Seasons Of Lord Of The Rings TV Show Confirmed
Amazon have confirmed they’re committed to making five seasons of the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series.

Late last year Amazon took on both Netflix and HBO to secure the rights to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterwork for the small screen.

Eventually, though Amazon Studios triumphed, signing a landmark $250 million deal to begin production on the show within the next two years.

The studio is now working with Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema (the studio that made the original Oscar-winning trilogy) to make the series.

According to rumours, the series won’t retell the story of the War of the Ring and will instead draw inspiration from the many appendices and notes Tolkien drafted.

The first season will reportedly focus on a young Aragorn following the ranger as he’s fostered by Elrond in Rivendell and learns the truth of his royal bloodline

The One Ring reports:

From the first press release, we know this so-called #LOTR series will NOT be a retelling of the events of the War of the Ring.

Instead, it will be Appendices based and cover a lot of time and history.

This is the greatest advantage the show runners have: that so much of Tolkien’s storytelling, even just in ‘Appendix A’, covers a tremendous swath of time.

Starting with a young Aragorn, narrative allows connections to his Numenorean bloodline (and to the founding of #Gondor).

The fabric of Aragorn’s story is just so rich.

Interestingly it seems that Amazon is using an anthology style approach to explore the world of Middle Earth, with each season focusing on a different character or appendices.

So who else might we see return?

Well, Sir Ian McKellan who of course played Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s big-screen adaptation of Tolkien’s world has hinted he’d like to play the grey-robed wizard again.

While appearing on Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show Sir Ian got very defensive about someone else playing the wizard, rejecting the notion that Gandalf would be recast.

He said:

What do you mean, another Gandalf? I haven’t said yes because I haven’t been asked [to return]. But are you suggesting that someone else is going to play it? Gandalf is over 7,000 years old, so I’m not too old.

How would a TV show afford a star like Sir Ian though?

Well, the new show’s rumoured to have an eye-watering budget of $1 billion, making it the most expensive television series ever produced, so we’re sure securing top-tier talent won’t be a problem.

One person who won’t be appearing, regardless of how much money Amazon offer, is John Rhys Davies who criticised the project saying it was ‘all about money’.

Andy Serkis, who made a name for himself playing Gollum in the original trilogy, has also ruled out an appearance saying that as it’s a fresh take on the story he doesn’t see himself appearing.
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