LOS ANGELES: A Lord of the Rings TV series is moving forward at Amazon with the streaming service giving the series a multi-season production commitment, Amazon announced Monday. Tolkien's world-renowned fantasy novels has been in development at Amazon after being shopped by the Tolkien estate and Warner Bros. Television. The series will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. The three film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings, from New Line Cinema and director Peter Jackson, earned a combined gross of nearly US$6bil (RM25.14bil) worldwide. The development of the Lord of the Rings series comes as Amazon is set to pursue a new programming mandate dictated by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Source: The Star November 14, 2017 04:07 UTC