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Warner Bros. Sets New 'Lord of the Rings' Movies

Los Angeles, February 24 - Warner Bros. Pictures is going back to Middle-Earth to make multiple more Lord of the Rings films. ## According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has brokered a multiyear deal with rights holders Embracer Group AB which allows the studio to develop more films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books and The Hobbit. ## Embracer Group, the Swedish gaming company, acquired the rights to produce LOTR films, games, merchandise, theme park attractions, and live productions when it purchased rights holder Middle-earth Enterprises last year from The Saul Zaentz Company. ## LOTR is one of the most successful film franchises in Hollywood. There have been a total of 3 films in the LOTR franchise, directed by Peter Jackson, with a combined gross collection of $2.9 billion. Jackson's follow-up trilogy based on Tolkien's "The Hobbit" which acts as a prequel to his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, matched those grosses. ## Warner Bros. is yet to attach filmmakers to helm the upcoming LOTR films. Meanwhile, LOTR is not the only franchise that Warner Bros. is reviving. CEO David Zaslav previously said that he would like to make a deal with author J.K. Rowling for more Harry Potter films and if reports are to be believed, the original trio of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, and Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley will be returning to headline it. ## Stay tuned...

Digital Media

1081 days ago

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'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Clicks Biggest Ever Premiere For Amazon Prime Video With 25 Million Views

Los Angeles, September 4 - Amazon Prime Video's mega series Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has shattered all-time premiere viewership records for the streamer. The series is hailed as visual wonder and very rightly so, it has delivered big time for Amazon. ## The first two episodes of the series were launched on September 2 across the globe in 240 counties and territories, and it has clicked a whopping 25 million views on its opening day, according to the company (via Deadline). This is the biggest ever premiere in Prime Video's 15 years of history. ## "It is somehow fitting that Tolkien's stories – among the most popular of all time, and what many consider to be the true origin of the fantasy genre – have led us to this proud moment", said Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke. ## "I am so grateful to the Tolkien Estate – and to our showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, executive producer Lindsey Weber, cast and crew – for their tireless collaborative efforts and boundless creative energy. And it is the tens of millions of fans watching – clearly as passionate about Middle-earth as we are – who are our true measure of success", she added. ## Taking place thousands of years before the tales of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power takes fans new and old back to Middle-earth and the peaceful time of the Second Age. The eight-episode first season, which cost around $462 million in the making, will run until October 14 this year. ## Amazon Prime Video is committed to making 5 seasons of LOTR worth $1 billion. Season 2 will be filmed in the UK, with production about to start there. ## Stay tuned...

Digital Media

1083 days ago

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Amazon Prime Video's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Has Nearly 10,000 VFX Shots

Los Angeles, September 2 - Amazon Prime Video's fantasy television series based on the novel The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power has dropped the first two episodes worldwide. Unsurprisingly, the series has been hailed as a visual wonder, thanks to the thousands of VFX shots from multiple VFX Studios. ## According to Variety, over 20 visual effects studios and 1500 visual effects artists across the globe came together to deliver Amazon's mega-series. Companies such as Industrial Light & Magic, Weta FX, and DNEG provided close to 10,000 VFX shots to revive middle-earth in the best possible manner. ## The series is set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Ring. It begins during a time of relative peace and covers all the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age: the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. These events take place over thousands of years in Tolkien's original stories but are condensed for the series. ## "The Rings of Power" is made for the streamer but the series has been designed to play like a theatrical experience. VFX producer Ron Ames said, "Our target was the 65-inch screen at home, but we made it so that it would play technically beautifully in everything up to an IMAX screen. It is finished to a theatrical resolution". ## "LOTR: The Rings of Power" is the costliest television series ever. Amazon Prime bought the television rights for the series for a whopping US$250 million in November 2017, making a five-season production commitment worth at least US$1 billion. The first season of the show cost approx $462 million to make. ## Stay tuned...

Hollywood

1088 days ago

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IMDb Releases The List of Highest-Rated Films From The Turn of The Century (00s)

Los Angeles, August 28 - IMDb has been one of the most trusted sites when it comes to the fair ratings of movies and tv shows. The website has time and again revealed the list of top-rated films and shows for the respective years and decades or centuries.## Keeping up with the trend, IMDb has now released the list of the highest-rated films of the 21st century worldwide. The list is topped by Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which has got 9 out of 10 ratings on the platform. It is also the joint highest-rated Batman movie on Rotten Tomatoes. ## "The Dark Knight", starring Christian Bale in the titular role, was released in 2008 and went on to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. It also won two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor to Heath Ledger and for Best Sound Editing to Richard King. ## Meanwhile, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the joint highest-rated film of the 21st century on IMDb. Released in 2003, the Peter Jackson-directed film grossed over $1.14 billion at the worldwide box office against a budget of $94 million. The next top-rated film on the list is LOTR: The Two Towers with 8.8 ratings. ## Among the top 10 highest-rated films from the turn of the century, 8 are English films while one each is a Portuguese and Japanese movie. Not a single Indian movie in the top 10 makes the cut to the list. The top 10 films are as follows - ## 1. The Dark kinght## 2. LOTR: The Return of The King## 3. LOTR: The Two Towars## 4. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring## 5. City of God## 6. Spirited Away## 7. The Prestige## 8. The Departed## 9. The Pianist## 10. Gladiator## Stay tuned...

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1092 days ago

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Lord of The Rings On Prime Video: Here Is What Critics Are Saying About The Series

Los Angeles, August 24 - Amazon Prime Video's costliest show ever, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is getting ready for its blockbuster premiere on September 2 all over the world. The fantasy series, based on the novel The Lord of the Rings and its appendices by J. R. R. Tolkien, is the talk of the town for its massive scale and larger-than-life visuals. ## Developed by showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Prime Video, the series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The series will be premiered its episodes weekly with the first two episodes premiering on September 2. ## "LOTR: The Rings of Power" will be released on Amazon Prime Video India in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam languages. Meanwhile, the first two episodes of the series to were shown to Hollywood media and critics and they have shared their reactions on Twitter. ## Mellon! I have seen the first two episodes of The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power: The Series and it's overwhelming and shiny and all I wanna do is pour over maps and climb trees and read poems and talk about my theories (I have theories!) while eating berries 🙏🌿— Leah Marilla Thomas (@leahmarilla) August 24, 2022 ## this is just to say that i have seen the first two episodes of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER and am battening down the hatches to prepare for my old-and-yet-also-new hyperfixation— karen han (@karenyhan) August 24, 2022 ## The Lord Of The Rings: #TheRingsOfPower is an ACHIEVEMENT in cinematic storytelling that REDEFINES what’s possible for television. Immersive & EPIC, the interconnected worlds of Tolkien feel GRAND and fully realized. Absolutely MESMERIZING. @LOTRonPrime @PrimeVideoCA @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/A5fWUMX17b— Daniel Baptista - The Movie Podcast (@dbapz) August 24, 2022 ## Have seen the first 2 episodes of the @primevideo's #LordOfTheRings series. Prepare to be blown away by the scale and scope of #TheRingsofPower. I don’t know how they managed to pull this off, but they made a ‘Lord of the Rings’ show that feels like ‘Lord of the Rings.’ ½ pic.twitter.com/OTZjH41WTS— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) August 24, 2022 ## I have seen the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and they are a total joy. Watching it feels like stepping back into Middle-earth. I cannot wait to see where this story goes.— Devan Coggan (@devancoggan) August 24, 2022 ## The Lord of the Rings: #TheRingsOfPower instantly captured my imagination w/ captivating stories & characters in a Middle Earth that's both familiar & new. The story/setup is so dense, however, the pacing in EPs 1 & 2 is rather slow, but it definitely leaves you wanting more. pic.twitter.com/nJJSHFMaLo— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) August 24, 2022 ## I've seen some episodes of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ and I loved them! It was visually stunning with epic action sequences and I was all in. Furthermore, the horror elements that come with the imminent threat of Sauron and other beings was perfectly done. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/sOwXEPXO9u— B.M. (@britany_murphs) August 24, 2022 ## Particularly, once you meet the dwarves in #LOTRonPrime, that's when the show locks in on that thrilling feeling you get watching new Lord of the Rings - it's funny, emotional, fantastical, and a good promise of what is (hopefully) to come.— Alex Zalben (@azalben) August 24, 2022 ## Yup, I’ve seen the first two episodes of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER. So far, it’s incredibly fun and promising, but moreover, gorgeous. Watch on the biggest screen you can. My only caveat is I can easily see how the plot could fall apart beyond Ep 2 or totally rule pic.twitter.com/c6pwFej8nC— Meghan O’Keefe (@megsokay) August 24, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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1097 days ago

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Hrithik Roshan Reveals A Direct Link Between 'The Lord of the Rings' And 'Krrish'

Mumbai, August 19 - Amazon Prime Video is all set to launch its biggest series yet The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, scheduled for September 2. The series had its premiere in Mumbai on Tuesday as the entire cast of it was present. ## Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan attended the premiere and also interacted with the LOTR cast at the event organized by Prime Video. During his interaction with the star cast of the series, Hrithik revealed that it was the "Lord of The Rings" trilogy that inspired his father Rakesh Roshan to make India's original sci-fi superhero film series "Krrish". ## "He was talking about the way they've used this one great incredible idea and then had this progression which was so incredible and [asked] 'why can't we do that?'", said Roshan.## "He said 'why can't we take 'Koi... Mil Gaya' - which is one of our previous films - 'and have a progression and build on that' - and that was the birth of 'Krrish'", Roshan revealed. "If there was no 'Lord of the Rings', there'd be no 'Krrish'".## "Krrish" is India's first superhero film franchise and there have already been three films in it. "Krrish 4" is currently in the scripting stage and is likely to go on floors by the end of the next year. It will be the continuation of "Krrish 3" (2013). ## Meanwhile, "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power", set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, will stream from September 2, and Amazon Prime Video subscribers in India will be able to watch it in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.## Stay tuned...

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1282 days ago

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Warner Bros. Sets Anime Feature Film 'Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Theatrical Release In April 2024

Mumbai, February 15 - The original anime "The Lord of the Rings" feature film titled "The War of the Rohirrim" is under development at New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation. According to Variety, the feature film will have a theatrical release on April 12, 2024. ## "The War of the Rohirrim" is being directed by Kenji Kamiyama, known for the TV series "Blade Runner: Black Lotus" from the screenplay penned by Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou based on a script from Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews. The release of the anime feature comes 21 years after the culmination of the Lord of the Rings trilogy based on the iconic books by J.R.R. Tolkien.## Set roughly two centuries before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", "The War of the Rohirrim" will explore the exploits of Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and the creation of Helm's Deep, the stronghold featured in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", reports Variety. ## The live-action "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential film series ever made. It was a major financial success and is among the highest-grossing film series of all time with $2.991 billion in worldwide receipts.## Interestingly, there is a live-action "The Lord of the Rings" TV series titled "The Rings of Power" is set for September 2, 2022, premiere on Amazon Prime Video. However, the anime feature is totally separate from Amazon Prime's series, which is set millennia before the events of Jackson's movies. ## Stay tuned...

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1308 days ago

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Amazon Prime Video Reveals The Title And Premiere Date Of Its Costliest Series 'Lord Of The Rings'

Mumbai, January 19 - Amazon Prime Video has revealed the title of its costliest television series, "Lord of The Rings" to be "The Rings of Power". Slated to premiere on September 2, 2022, Prime Video released a video announcing the title and unveiling the first look.## The title announcing video features a narrator's voice reciting the first few lines of the Ring Verse, a poem about the One Ring describing its nature and relation to the other Rings of Power and their master, Sauron. "Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie".## The video opens on the camera moving through what appears to be canyons filled with mist. Cut to fire coming down the canyon, a river of molten lava visible below it. As the voiceover begins, the camera pulls back to reveal we are not in a canyon and the molten substance begins to fill up what might be symbols or letters. A wave of water flows over it, cooling it as steam is released.## The molten substance darkens and hardens, to reveal it is some sort of metal with symbols on the side of it. The camera pulls back through the mists to reveal the words “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on a wood background.## ## Set thousands of years before both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, "The Rings of Power" will stream weekly starting September 2, and a second season of the series is already in the works. Developed by J. D. Payne, and Patrick McKay, the series stars Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, among others.## Filming of the series took place in New Zealand in February 2020. Prime Video had bought the television rights for "The Lord of the Rings" for a whopping US$250 million in November 2017, making a five-season production commitment worth at least US$1 billion.## Stay tuned...

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1558 days ago

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Amazon Studios' All-Time Expensive 'Lord of the Rings' Series Got Criticism For Lacking Asian Actors

Los Angeles, May 15, 2021: Amazon Studio, which is set to create history with its upcoming television series, Lord of the Rings, received criticism for not having enough diversity in Middle-earth. Chinese Canadian actor Ludi Lin, who plays Liu Kang in the Warner Bros. "Mortal Combat" film, criticized Amazon for not having characters that look Asian. ## "It's going to be difficult to justify building a "huge world" without any characters that look Asian. Turn that imagine on us @JSalke. It's not hard, we're right here", Ludi Lin tweeted on Thursday (May 13). He was reacting to coverage of The Hollywood Reporter's Executive Roundtable, which was posted Wednesday. ## Amazon has cast 35 cast members of varying ethnic backgrounds for the "Lord of The Rings" series, the first season of which will be the most expensive season of television ever produced with its massive over $450 million budget. Lin seems to be correct that none of the 35 members is Asian, though it's also not clear how many of the actors identify, according to THR. ## Meanwhile, Amazon Studios' chief Jennifer Salke justified the whopping budget of the series by saying that, "The market is crazy, as you saw with the "Knives Out" deal [Netflix paid $469 million for two sequels]. This is a full season of a huge world-building show. The number is a sexy headline or a crazy headline that's fun to click on, but that is really building the infrastructure of what will sustain the whole series".## Salke is confident that a lot of people will watch the series when it will come. The series is currently under production and expected to debut in late 2021 or early 2022. ## Stay tuned

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1585 days ago

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Amazon Prime Video's 'The Rings of Power' First Season Cost A Whopping $462 Million

Mumbai, February 11 - Amazon Prime Video has spent millions of dollars for the upcoming epic fantasy adventure The Lord of the Rings series, titled "The Rings of Power". The company bought the television rights for series for a whopping US$250 million in November 2017, making a five-season production commitment worth at least US$1 billion. ## Now, it is reported that the first season of "The Rings of Power" TV show will cost the retail giant an unimaginable over $462 million to produce, making it one of the costliest series ever made. ## In April last year, New Zealand's minister for economic development and tourism revealed that the fantasy drama will be one of the most costly television series ever made, with its season one price tag coming in at around $465 million.## With this kind of price, it is likly the highest amount ever spent for a single season of any TV series. For comparison, HBO's "Game of Thrones" cost around $100 million per season. Season one episodes cost around $6 million each and eventually rose to around $15 million by season eight.## Among the other top productions, Disney spent around "100 million" on the first season of The Mandalorian. Marvel's "Wanda Vision" to cost Disney around US$25 million per episode and nine episodes comprise max at US$225 million. But none is as big as Amazon's "The Lord of the Rings".## "The Rings of Power" series is developed by J. D. Payne, and Patrick McKay based on "The Lord of The Rings" stories by J. R. R. Tolkien. The series, set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, begins during a time of relative peace and covers all of the major events from the Second Age of Middle-earth: the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the story of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men.## It stars Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, among others in prominent roles. "The Rings of Power" season 1 will debut on Amazon Prime Video on September 2, 2022. ## Stay tuned...