While The Hobbit trilogy left a bad taste in the mouths of The Lord of the Rings fans, there is news coming out that may bring some excitement to the fans of middle earth.
Recently, Amazon executive Jennifer Stalke spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the upcoming Lord of the Rings series, which was first announced last November. As Salke revealed, the goal is to get the series into production within the next few years, and ultimately on to Amazon’s platform in 2021.
“It’ll be in production in two years; [on the air in] 2021 is the hope.” Salke explained. “But there are other people who wish it was 2020.”
“All of us would love a big, addictive show that is executed at the top of its game.” Salke suggested. “We’re really excited about Lord of the Rings. Despite all the chatter about it, the deal just closed a month ago. We’ve been talking to writers. We have an estate that’s very active. I’ve spent three hours with Simon Tolkien. There’s a lot of moving parts with it. We’ll have some game plan to move forward with very soon.”
While little is know about the actual premise of the show, the fact that amazon is the ones behind the project leaves hope that they will recapture the magic from the original trilogy from the early 2000’s.
