Amazon Announces ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Show

We all shall PASS with a reboot as one of our favorite film series becomes a TV show

Amazon announced that it will be bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic to television. Amazon made a deal to create multiple seasons of a show that will take place before the 2001 film'”The Fellowship of the Ring.’ So it will not be like the films that everyone knows and loves, but instead will be a prequel. This allows Amazon to have some leeway with the characters. ‘The Lord of The Rings’ is a cultural phenomenon and getting the rights to make a television show is a huge deal for Amazon.

The deal also includes the potential for a spin-off series. It opens many doors for Amazon and allows them to expand its genre programming.

There are rumors that the deal was a hefty $200-250 million. Some people believe that this deal could be as valuable as Game of Thrones is to HBO.

So far there is no cast that has been announced and no word on when the show will air.