Why Amazon put its $715 million ‘Lord of the Rings’ series in the

Why Amazon put its $715 million ‘Lord of the Rings’ series in the hands of two first-time showrunner

Amazon’s new $715 million “Lord of the Rings” series is the maximum high priced TV display of all time, however it changed into

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created by means of two showrunners with infrequently any Hollywood credits between them After spending $250 million to

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land the rights to make a show set in Middle-earth, the ecommerce giant interviewed severa A-listers — which include “Avengers

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Endgame” directors the Russo brothers — whilst trying to find the right creators to convey its series to lifestyles.But all through

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the search, the Wall Street Journal reviews, relative unknowns impressed Amazon brass the most Patrick McKay and

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J.D. Payne were able to upward thrust above dozens of “ordinary” pitches with their deeply notion out plan for a 50-hour tv saga

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The duo’s pitch for the display — which centered on a period in Middle-earth thousands of years before the events

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of the “Lord of the Rings” movies — inadvertently aligned with the vision that J.R.R. Tolkien’s grandson Simon Tolkien had for a sequence

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according to the Journal “Simon Tolkien had an concept of the display he wanted,” a source acquainted with the display’s

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