{"id":8591,"date":"2017-11-14T08:19:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lord-rings-series-gets-multi-season-commitment-amazon\/"},"modified":"2017-11-14T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:33:11","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-series-gets-multi-season-commitment-at-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/lord-of-the-rings-series-gets-multi-season-commitment-at-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord of the Rings Series Gets Multi-Season Commitment at Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has acquired the global television rights for a\u00a0<em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0TV series,\u00a0based on the fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season commitment.<\/p>\n<p>The series adaptation will be produced as an\u00a0Amazon Prime original by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the\u00a0Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and\u00a0New Line Cinema, a division of\u00a0Warner Bros. Entertainment.\u00a0Set in Middle Earth, the TV adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien\u2019s\u00a0<em>The\u00a0Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>. The deal includes a potential additional spin-off series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0is a cultural phenomenon that has captured the imagination of generations of fans through literature and the big screen,\u201d said\u00a0Sharon Tal Yguado, the head of scripted series at Amazon\u00a0Studios. \u201cWe are honored to be working with the\u00a0Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and\u00a0New Line\u00a0on this exciting collaboration for television and are thrilled to be taking<em>\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0fans on a new epic journey in Middle Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted that\u00a0Amazon, with its longstanding commitment to literature, is the home of the first-ever multi-season television series for\u00a0<em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>,\u201d said Matt Galsor, a representative for the\u00a0Tolkien Estate and Trust\u00a0and HarperCollins. \u201cSharon and the team at Amazon Studios have exceptional ideas to bring to the screen previously unexplored stories based on J.R.R. 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