LOTR: The Rings of Power Show Budget: Will Cost More Than $1 Billion
The total cost for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV show is predicted to pass a staggering $1 billion, according to reports. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved and influential fantasy novels of all time, a book it was believed was unfilmable. Though Peter Jackson proved that to be false with his Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003), which became a box office behemoth, grossing just shy of $3 billion worldwide. Since the trilogy ended and following the lesser success of The Hobbit trilogy, whispers of a TV adaptation endured for years, before Amazon purchased the television rights to The Lord of the Rings for $250 million in 2017, and a September 2022 release date for The Rings Of Power was confirmed for the show on Amazon Prime Video.
The series will not be a remake or reimagining of the film trilogy, but will instead borrow from different aspects of many of Tolkien's Middle-earth stories, and blend them together to create its own storyline and narrative structure. Indeed, many have questioned the use of the title The Lord of the Rings, as the show is set to take place during the Second Age of Middle-earth, thus separating it from the original series. Exact details of the plot are being kept under wraps, but the premise reveals that The Rings of Power is set 3,000 years before the movies, which take place during the Third Age. The story will chronicle the events of the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, and the last alliance between men and elves.
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