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Tolkien lord of the rings5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2017, Amazon paid $250m (£208m) for the rights to make a big budget prequel to Lord of the Rings, called Rings of Power, which is to have a global release on its Prime Video service on 2 September.Īmazon negotiated directly with Tolkien’s estate to make the series, as the original rights deal struck by Saul Zaentz in 1976 did not include control of making a TV series of more than eight episodes.Įmbracer, which already holds the licence to publish board games and card games based on LOTR and The Hobbit after its acquisition of Asmodee Group earlier this year, says it is to open up more “transmedia opportunities” for the assets. When the business was put up for sale by the Saul Zaentz Company, which acquired its rights from the heirs and estate of Tolkien and HarperCollins in 1976, it was expected that Amazon would buy it to build its own Middle-earth empire. It was crafted by the Dark Lord Sauron in the fire of Orodruin, also known as Mount Doom, in the Second Age. ![]() The deal also includes “matching rights” in other Middle-earth-related literary works authorised by the Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins – primarily The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth – which were published after Tolkien’s death in 1973. The One Ring, also known as the Ruling Ring, the Master Ring, the Ring of Power, and Isildurs Bane, was among the most powerful artifacts ever created in Middle-earth, and by far the most dangerous. ![]()
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