Viggo Mortensen, the actor behind Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has offered up some advice for the cast of Amazon’s new series. There aren’t many actors better versed in what it takes to bring Tolkien’s epic work to life than Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn in The Lord of the […]
Funko unveils new The Lord of the Rings Pop! Vinyl figures
Funko has unveiled the next wave of Pop! Movies vinyl figures based on Peter Jackson’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings which includes Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, the Dunharrow King, the Witch King of Angmar, and two variants of Galadriel and Elrond, along with a new range of Pop! Pocket keychains; take a look at […]
Peter Jackson confirms he’ll have no involvement with The Lord of the Rings TV series
Despite being announced last November, we’ve had little in the way of official details about Amazon’s plans for its The Lord of the Rings TV series, save for the fact that Star Trek 4 and Jungle Cruise screenwriters JD Payne and Patrick McKay are currently hard at work on developing the show. Rumours have circulated that […]
Star Trek 4 writers to develop Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series
Amazon has made some headway on its Lord of the Rings television series by hiring JD Payne and Patrick McKay to develop the hotly-anticipated show. Payne and McKay most recently wrote a script for Star Trek 4, and Disney’s Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. “The rich world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is filled with majesty and […]
The Lord of the Rings TV show to feature “characters you love”
Amazon has confirmed that there will be characters we know and love appearing in the new TV series. There is no doubt that The Lord of the Rings is one of the most beloved franchises around, with Tolkien’s masterpiece having been adapted to films, video games, and numerous other mediums. The next place you will […]
Peter Jackson debunks rumours linking him to a DC movie and Amazon’s Lord of the Rings
Last month it was reported that Peter Jackson was deciding between a DC Extended Universe movie and Amazon’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings series as his next big project, however it seems that rumour was wide of the mark. Speaking to French outlet Allocine (via IndieWide), Jackson has rubbished the reports, stating that he […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series will reportedly focus on a young Aragorn
Streaming service Amazon is currently hard at work in development on its billion dollar adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, which – as we heard back in November – is set to take place prior to the War of the Ring, featuring “previously unexplored stories” from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth works. Well, now comes word […]
Rumour: Peter Jackson deciding between a DC movie and Amazon’s Lord of the Rings
After luring legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg with the prospect of a Blackhawk movie, it looks like Warner Bros. and DC Films have now set their sights on another A-list director in Peter Jackson. According to TheOneRing.net, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit filmmaker is weighing up whether to take another trip to Middle-earth […]
John Rhys-Davies says Tolkien “spinning in his grave” about new Lord of the Rings TV series
John Rhys-Davies has that J.R.R. Tolkien would be “spinning in his grave” regarding the newly announced Lord of the Rings TV series. The news that The Lord of the Rings is to become a TV series via Amazon was certainly cheered by some, however, others like the actor behind Gimli in Peter Jackson’s lauded adaptation […]
Amazon’s Middle-earth series to take place before The Lord of the Rings
“Gandalf, Warner Bros. is moving. Amazon’s forces are massing in the East; their eye is fixed on streaming-service domination” or something along those lines would have been uttered by Elrond when the news broke that an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings was being negotiated by the studio and online streaming giant. Forgive us […]
