LOTR: The Rings of Power Won't Have Game of Thrones-Like Sex & Violence
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunner Patrick McKay promises the series won't have Game of Thrones-level sex and violence. Both fantasy franchises are gearing up for the release of highly anticipated prequel shows. Before Game of Thrones came to a controversial conclusion in 2019, HBO was developing several spinoffs set in George R.R. Martin's mythical land of Westeros. One of them, House of the Dragon, will air sometime this year. The series is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and chronicles the fall of the Targaryen house.
On the other hand, the Lord of the Rings prequel series has been gestating since 2017 when Amazon purchased the television rights and made a $1 billion commitment to produce five seasons of the show. This includes an estimated budget of $465 million for the first season alone, which is bigger than the combined cost of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. Developed by the duo behind the Star Trek Beyond script, McKay and J.D. Payne, The Rings of Power is set thousands of years before J.R.R. Tolkien's works (save for The Silmarillion) during the Second Age of Middle-Earth. Though it stars a relatively unknown cast, familiar characters like Galadriel, Elrond, and Sauron will be returning.
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For Vanity Fair's first look at the series, The Rings of Power showrunners recently spoke to the publication about what fans should expect from the Lord of the Rings series. McKay was very clear about one thing: the show will not feature Game of Thrones-level sex and violence and will instead be aimed at everyone, even "kids who are 11, 12, and 13." Read what he had to say below:
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