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Title: Amazon to make new Lord of the Rings series
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Mar 2019, 10:56

Not a retelling of the books, but new stories based on appendices and other peripheral materials.  Read all about it:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-amazon-aragorn-peter-jackson-ian-mckellen-release-date-a8384016.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-amazon-aragorn-peter-jackson-ian-mckellen-release-date-a8384016.html)

Title: Re: Amazon to make new Lord of the Rings series
Post by: Theta9 on 25 Mar 2019, 15:00

Then it should be called Tales of Middle Earth or something like that, not The Lord of the Rings.

Title: Re: Amazon to make new Lord of the Rings series
Post by: TheEvilDog on 25 Mar 2019, 17:24

So I'm guessing they won't be adapting the Silmarillion then...

Title: Re: Amazon to make new Lord of the Rings series
Post by: cybersmurf on 25 Mar 2019, 23:20

And there goes my hope to see Tom Bombadil.

Title: Re: Amazon to make new Lord of the Rings series
Post by: Theta9 on 26 Mar 2019, 07:26

Quote from: cybersmurf on 25 Mar 2019, 23:20

And there goes my hope to see Tom Bombadil.

Neil Gaiman is not a fan.

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ck0fd5/the-colbert-report-neil-gaiman