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The retail and streaming giant is set to unleash the most lavish ever screen spin-off of the British author's fantasy world. Or at least that's the hope of Amazon, which has got its hands on the works of J.R.R. So followed a three-part dramatisation of The Hobbit - but even that wasn't enough. ![]() But as a first look is unveiled, Tolkien fans are already up in arms, writes TOM LEONARDīy the end of the epic Lord Of The Rings trilogy, the elves had returned to their woodland realms, the dwarves to their underground halls and that accursed ring finally consigned to the fires of Mount Doom.īut the human audience was hungry for more. #THE LORD OF THE RINGS RING MINIMALIST TV#Will the $1billion Rings of Power be TV gold? It's the most expensive show ever made. The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power will be released on Prime Video on Wednesday, September 2. #THE LORD OF THE RINGS RING MINIMALIST FULL#Read the full story 'Amazon's Lord Of The Rings Series Rises: Inside The Rings of Power' by Anthony Breznican and Joanna Robinson. The conclusion to the series, titled Return Of The King, became the first film of its kind of win the Academy Award for Best Picture, while Peter Jackson won Best Director. The Lord Of The Rings original trilogy was released annually from 2001 to 2003, becoming the most acclaimed fantasy film series in history. Once the show has taken its global marketing campaign into consideration, it's likely the final cost could top $1billion. The eye-watering figure also includes building infrastructure that will be used in later seasons - and it's been offset by a $108million tax rebate. #THE LORD OF THE RINGS RING MINIMALIST MOVIE#The story is from the Second Age, whereas the movie trilogy was set in the Third Age (Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd in The Fellowship Of The Ring). ![]() Upcoming: The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power premieres on Wednesday, September 2. Some fans said what mattered was the plot rather than what race the actors were. However, Amazon's series is not based on just a single book but a swathe of Tolkien's writing outside of The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit, including his unfinished novel The Silmarillion and letters to his biographer Humphrey Carpenter.Īs such, there is not such a strict canon to draw from and other fans have supported the decision to have a more diverse cast, which will feature the first black elf in Middle Earth's history. ![]() There were just a handful of non-white actors in Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit, which some fans think is truer to the world of Middle Earth that Tolkien created in his writing. The first trailer for Amazon's $1billion Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power aired during the Super Bowl on February 13 ahead of its release on Prime Video on September 2. Die-hard fans of The Lord Of The Rings are up in arms after seeing the trailer of a new spin-off series that appears to put diverse 'woke' ideals ahead of staying true to J.R.R.
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