Jeff Bezos bets on a new series of ‘The Lord of the Rings’; its final cost could exceed 1,000 million dollars

September 1, 2022 | 1:20 p.m.

the founder of amazonJeff Bezos, will finance a new series of ‘The Lord of the Rings’which will be released next Friday worldwide by Prime Video, whose final cost could exceed 1,000 million dollars.

Bezos, who is a fan of the writer of the cult trilogy of novels JRR Tolkien, will bet on ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘, the prequel brought to a television series of 50 hours, based on dry footnotes published at the end of the third book.

The series has been considered the most expensive in the history of televisionafter Amazon disbursed 250 million dollars for the payment of rights, and another 465 million only for the first season.

Assuming that there will be five seasons, it is estimated that the final cost of the series exceeds $1 billion.

In addition, the series aspires to capitalize on the enormous appeal generated by Tolkien’s novelswhich continue to rank among the most beloved of all time, as well as Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning film adaptations.

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is one of the amazon core bets in order to be competitive in the “streaming war” between Netflix, Disney + and HBO Max. The latter has just launched the ‘Game of thrones’ prequel.

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The magnitude of the challenge is enormous, considering that this prequel is starring heroes and villains barely referenced in Tolkien’s trilogy and whose creators and actors are largely unknown.

It is quite distressing: we are assembling something that has not been seen until now and from very few elements

Sophia Nomvete, who plays Princess Disa, the first color dwarf depicted on screen in Tolkien’s world, told AFP.

‘The Rings of Power’ is set in Tolkien’s ‘Second Age’, in Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’; Frodo, Gollum and Aragorn are not present in the amazon series.

The most characters appear on screen for the first timeand some were even created entirely from scratch.

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Jeff Bezos bets on a new series of ‘The Lord of the Rings’; its final cost could exceed 1,000 million dollars