New report reveals Netflix and HBO's original Lord of the Rings series pitches
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A new report has revealed more about the original pitches for a Lord of the Rings TV show – and they're very different to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Rings of Power. Per , both Netflix and HBO brought the Tolkien estate ideas that wer🐈e vastly different ground to the Amazon Prime Video show.
According to the publication's sources, HBO pitched a retelling of the Third Age, AKA the events of the Lord of the Rings movies (see our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lord of the Rings timeline for a deep dive into the chronology). But, while the estate did have pꦏroblems with the Peter Jackson movies, they weren't keen on covering the same material again.
Netflix, meanwhile, is said to have pitched multiple TV series, including Ga💯ndalf and Aragon shows. "They took the Marvel approach," an insider told the publication, "and that completely freaked out the estate."
The report also details the creatives Amazon considered for its epic fantasy show before settling on showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo pitched an idea for the Third Age "as an Aragorn story," while Anthony McCarten – Oscar-nominated writer of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes – reportedly had a ꦕShakespearean approach. "The people we were up against have résumés that on paper would be more suited to the gig," McKay said. "We were the dark horse candidat💫es."
Ultimately, the show ended up set in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Second Age, exploring the story that to🎃ok pla🐻ce long before the events depicted in the Jackson movies.
The Rings of Power is almost at the end of its first season, but there are multiple more on the way – in fact, 澳洲幸运5ꦆ开奖号码历史查询:season 2 ꧅has began production in the UK. In the meantime, check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Rings of Power release schedule to keep up to🌞 date on when the ༒next episode arrives in your time zone.
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