Llew wrote: Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:15 am
Me, coming out of the theater after seeing the premier of Jackson's "Fellowship of the Ring": I've waited 30 years to see that.
Voice of old guy behind me: Some of us have waited even longer!
Yes, like many I read all the books but never thought they could be translated to the big screen. Jackson did a wonderful job and at the same time made New Zealand a huge tourist attraction.
Amazon in conjunction with the Tolkien Estate, is spending a billion dollars on a new Tolkien TV series.
This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2021/0 ... gs-series/
Like work most upcoming Hollywood television shows, production on Amazon’s upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series was halted in early 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The closure came one month after the series started filming, and after New Zealand instituted protective immigration measures to protect the country from the coronavirus, including 14 days of compulsory self-isolation for citizens and visitors entering the country.
Thankfully, “Lord of the Rings” was among several projects that had been granted a border exemption by New Zealand. The series’ crew aimed to resume filming in September and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed in December that production is underway in New Zealand.
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/amazo ... wers-2002/
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