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When the Big Screen Experience is Unforgettable

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Tom Jolliffe looks back on his treasured big screen memories, and why seeing unforgettable films in a cinema will always be the ultimate experience… There was a horrible feeling for cinema fans last year, which was perpetual until a few months ago. Cinema chains were struggling to stay open, and not just because of forced […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series moving production from New Zealand to UK for Season 2

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After Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, and the first season of the Amazon series, audiences tend to consider New Zealand to be the home of Middle-Earth, however, it seems like this tradition is coming to an end. According to Collider, Amazon has announced that the second season of its upcoming The Lord […]

First image from Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series unearthed, premiere date set

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We now have our first look at the return to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth as Amazon Studios has dropped the first image from the still-untitled The Lord of the Rings series, as well as announcing a premiere date of September 2nd 2022, with new episodes arriving weekly. The first-look image above is reportedly from the first […]

The Lord of the Rings producers asked Peter Jackson to kill off a Hobbit, says Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd

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Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd, who played Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck and Peregrin “Pippin” Took respectively in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, have revealed a shocking insight regarding the direction the producers wanted to take the beloved films during production. In an interview with IGN to promote their The Lord of the Rings podcast, The Friendship Onion, the […]

Middle-earth gets the anime movie treatment with New Line’s Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

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Tolkien fans can prepare themselves for another trip into Middle-earth history as Deadline reports New Line Cinema and Warner Animation is developing an anime feature film titled The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The film will be directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) […]

Amazon executive addresses $465 million budget for The Lord of the Rings season one

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Last month, it was revealed that the first season of Amazon’s highly-anticipated fantasy series Lord of the Rings has cost the streaming service roughly NZ$650 million – which translates to $465 million in U.S. dollars, and while this may seem a little excessive, an Amazon executive has addressed the reported budget. “The market is crazy, as you […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings adds The Witcher director Charlotte Brändström

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The first season of Amazon’s highly-anticipated fantasy series Lord of the Rings has added Netflix’s The Witcher director Charlotte Brändström to helm two episodes alongside a creative team including J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) who will direct the first two episodes, British Chinese director Wayne Che Yip who will helm four episodes and showrunners JD Payne and Patrick […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings cost $465 million for one season, will be “the largest television series ever made”

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The first season of Amazon’s highly-anticipated fantasy series Lord of the Rings has reportedly cost the streaming service roughly NZ$650 million – which translates to $465 million in U.S. dollars. “What I can tell you is Amazon is going to spend about $650 million in season one alone,” Stuart Nash, the country’s Minister for Economic Development and […]

First gameplay from The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum revealed

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Daedalic Entertainment has treated us pesky gamers with a brief glimpse of the gameplay for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. Being Gollum in Middle-Earth is not easy and there’s always someone that poses a threat.  Check out some of what Gollum has to go through in the teaser below… After being a […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings enlists director Wayne Che Yip

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Amazon Studios has announced that British-Chinese director Wayne Che Yip has joined the directing team for the upcoming The Lord of the Rings TV series, as well as serving as co-executive producer. Yip has previously directed episodes of The Wheel of Time, Hunters, Preacher, Channel 4’s Utopia and Doctor Who, and will be helming four episodes […]