{"id":105341,"date":"2018-07-28T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T20:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=105341"},"modified":"2018-07-28T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T20:41:17","slug":"breaking-news-from-amazon-lord-of-the-rings-original-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2018\/07\/28\/105341-breaking-news-from-amazon-lord-of-the-rings-original-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news from Amazon – Lord of the Rings Original Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>News just in from our friends at Amazon Studios – team JD Payne and Patrick McKay are on board to develop The Lord of the Rings<\/em> Original Series. Here’s what the press release tells us:<\/p>\n

After a long process and extensive search, which involved going to Middle Earth and back, Amazon Studios is thrilled to share the news with fans, elves and the Amazon Prime Video audience everywhere that we have chosen the duo of JD Payne and Patrick McKay to take us on the development journey for\u00a0The Lord of The Rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Of their involvement in\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, Payne & McKay said: \u201cThe rich world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is filled with majesty and heart, wisdom and complexity. We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Amazon to bring it to life anew. We feel like Frodo, setting out from the Shire, with a great responsibility in our care \u2014 it is the beginning of the adventure of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay have been working together since meeting on the high school debate team more than two decades ago. Their most recent projects include writing\u00a0Star Trek 4<\/em>\u00a0for Paramount and producer J.J. Abrams, adapting\u00a0Jungle Cruise<\/em>\u00a0for Disney and stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, and setting up their original, 2017 Blacklist drama scriptEscape<\/em>\u00a0with Academy Award-nominated producer Mike DeLuca.<\/p>\n

Finally, while speculation is human nature, you can trust that when we have more news to share about this journey, we will share it with the world.<\/p>\n

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Payne and McKay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0Original Series
\n<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, Amazon Studios has a multi-season commitment for\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>. The upcoming Amazon Prime Original will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the\u00a0Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and\u00a0New Line Cinema, a division of\u00a0Warner Bros. Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s\u00a0The\u00a0Fellowship of the Ring.<\/p>\n

A world-renowned literary work, and winner of the\u00a0International Fantasy\u00a0Award and Prometheus Hall of Fame Award,\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0novels was named\u00a0Amazon\u00a0customers\u2019 favorite book of the millennium in 1999 and Britain\u2019s best-loved novel of all time in BBC\u2019s The Big Read in 2003. Its theatrical adaptations, from\u00a0New Line Cinema\u00a0and Director\u00a0Peter Jackson<\/a><\/u>, earned a combined gross of nearly\u00a0$6 billion\u00a0worldwide. With an all-star cast that included\u00a0Elijah Wood<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0Viggo Mortensen<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0Ian McKellen<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0Liv Tyler<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0Sean Astin<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0Orlando Bloom<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0trilogy garnered a combined 17 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.<\/p>\n

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Amazon may tell us that they will share any news when they have it, but rest assured, here at TORn we’ll be speculating all the way through to the first episode and beyond! Stay tuned…<\/p>\n

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