Middle-earth is about to be split between two major studios with the competition served up on silver platters. After Warner Bros. Discovery announced its intentions to continue making more films about The Lord of the rings, many wondered what Amazon would have thought about it, which is currently producing a television series based on the same stories. However, it seems that the lore of Tolkien is vast enough to worry platform bosses streaming.
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke attended the premiere and red carpet of believe 3. There she was approached by the media. Especially Variety, who immediately asked her her thoughts and feelings regarding Warner’s recent announcement. The film studio acquired Tolkien’s rights to make more films based on his literary universe. In this regard, Salke commented that she is not worried and that the fans are passionate enough to support two markets.
“We’ll see,” Salke said when asked if The Lord of the Rings would be too intrusive for audiences. We love our original series. We are extremely proud of her and invest for the long term. So we definitely think there’s enough fan love to sustain ours for a long time.”
Amazon owns the rights to Tolkien’s stories from the Second Age. While Warner Bros exclusively owns rights to adapt Third Age stories. Reason why the stories and characters are somewhat different. Amazon acquired these permits for a million-dollar fee and also invested a lot of money in the manufacture of its television series. Reported numbers that amount to $450 million dollars.
Behind all these agreements there are important names and their movements in the industry are extremely curious in today’s light. Amazon also poured its capital into the acquisition of MGM and all of its licenses last March. A transaction valued at $8.5 billion dollars. Before that purchase, MGM was run by Mike De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who emigrated from their positions until they found a new job in the halls of Warner.
Now it is Abdy and De Luca who, from the Warner Bros. offices, drive the new division that will produce new films of The Lord of the rings. Studio boss David Zaslav called Amazon’s strategy a very successful one in boosting the intellectual property of the lore from Tolkien. So he can’t find a compelling reason not to try to do the same.
“For all the scope and detail lovingly packed into the two trilogies, the vast, complex and dazzling universe dreamed up by JRR Tolkien remains largely unexplored,” De Luca and Abdy said when announcing Warner’s intentions to make more. films.
The trilogy of The Lord of the rings It became one of the most successful film sagas. Its success translated into critical comments, the number of awards won (17 Oscars), and a fairly successful box office. Later the trilogy of The Hobbit He did the same, although with a somewhat more lukewarm response.
For its part, Amazon achieved the rings of power very good numbers on your platform streaming. From audience levels above normal, to a large number of new subscribers during the weekly broadcast of its episodes. However, the public response was not as victorious. Inclusion issues and changes to the original stories angered fans.
The second season of this series is already in full filming. There is no official release date yet, but many believe it could happen sometime in 2023.
Luis Angel H. Mora My most stable relationship is with the movies, parties and music. I love writing about cinema, meeting new people and sharing ideas. Idealistic in every way, I guess that’s my Ascendant Aquarian trait.