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A comment on Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Rings series. Parent comment

Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by Victerius on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @07:25AM (#31986872)
> It feels like Peter Jackson has already tackled all the really interesting parts of the LOTR world.

looks sideways to The Silmarillion

looks sideways to The Children of Húrin

looks sideways to The Fall of Gondolin

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by pclmulqdq on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @07:58AM (#31987130)
Looks sideways to the licensing agreement that covers none of that material
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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by vlunkr on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:41AM (#31989563)
Yeah, This is a valid criticism of Star Wars, which is now stuck parading the same 10 characters around forever, but not LOTR.
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