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Amazon's Lord of the Rings Production |OT|
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My Palantír's got a bit rusty since then ;)
On the topic of the diverse cast, I can imagine Amazon being rather grateful for the opportunities that the Second Age can bring in that regard. The Third Age is what it is (especially the latter half), and any stories set around that time are bound to be caught up with the expectations of modern culture; so it's accusations of a lack of diversity in order to stay true to the source material, or accusations of forced diversity to try and appease the Internet audience, etc etc noise etc
The Númenóreans travelled far and wide to cultures all over Middle Earth. This means, quite rightly, that we can get a diverse cast, diverse peoples, diverse backdrops, and it can all be canon in a way that stories in the tail end of the Third Age never can.
The very existence of Umbar as a critical place and a critical story point is examples of where this show can choose to shine.
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He did so much for Tolkien studies and all readers of his father's works. Made it to a very respectable age, at least. RIP.
According to (obviously untrue) legend he guarded his home in southern France with wild boar which became a fun minor meme over the years. :p
TORn has mentioned the $3 billion figure before, but I don't know how much credibility to give it. Most of their inside connections were with Peter Jackson's people, who have only minimal if any involvement here. (The series will be filming in Auckland, NZ, rather than PJ's home base of Wellington.) However, if the series does indeed last five or more seasons, then $1 billion is probably the lowest Amazon could conceivably spend over the lifetime of the project. They paid $250 million for the rights to LOTR alone; if my theory that a second rights sale took place to give Amazon access to Second Age material, that could easily have been another couple hundred million right there.
I'm likewise unsure how much weight to give the supposed Universal theme park rumors. People have been talking about that for a long time, but most such "rumors" come across as nothing more than wishful thinking. But a lot of things now seem possible in the post-Christopher era, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm likewise unsure how much weight to give the supposed Universal theme park rumors. People have been talking about that for a long time, but most such "rumors" come across as nothing more than wishful thinking. But a lot of things now seem possible in the post-Christopher era, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I like that I know no one and that it isn't filled with just white people. Hope the show is good.
It's the OneRing so should be taken with a huge pinch of salt. They're wrong pretty much most of the time and haven't been a reliable source for over 10 years.
Yes, unfortunately. It's a shame because during the Lord ofthe Rings period pre, during and post-production and during the home releases they were great, but they've downhill since then.
If you don't consider all the Maori people PoC, sure. Granted many were under makeup or doubles.
Was it already known that the first season would be 8 episodes?
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The Hollywood Reporter said the same thing a couple months ago, and they're one of the most reliable sources for this kind of news short of an official statement from Amazon.
I'd imagine there are people that are mad about the casting that would like John Wayne playing Ghengis Khan.
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Annatar is that you?
I don't know whether I feel like it's racist or not racist if Sauron turns out to be this guy. OTOH, diversity in real world casting. On the other...it doesn't exactly help with the visuals!
Tolkien described Annatar as beautiful and as a Maia he could take any form he liked. Also, Sauron must have spent a great deal of time in the South and East in his fair form, so it makes sense that he'd want to take on a form that they would trust and see a potential leader in, rather than a pale white elvish looking being coming from the West and telling them what to do.
Definitely see the issue about the optics though, but him been cast as Khamul would be equally problematic I think.
'Spartacus' actor Simon Merrells has been cast in a recurring role in the show.
And Melkor, Giver of freedom? :P
We are not gonna see Melkor i guess... :(
I reckon we may see flashbacks to Melkor in his Dark Lord guise. Even in the LOTR trilogy he gets mentioned by name by Legolas, so it's not inconceivable that he gets mentioned in passing or shown. Sauron did establish Melkor worship in Numenor, so that'll be a good way to explore his history.
I doubt it. More likely to be one of the main recurring characters over the course of the 5 seasons due to her immortality.
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Is Andy Muschietti involved in the project? He's a fantastic director, him and Bayona can be a killer duo for a first season.
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Was wondering what happened to him in the initial casting news. Good to see him still involved and in the key role.
In unsubstantiated news, according to a OneRing.net representative, the entire writing team has been fired and the show put on hiatus.
Ya... I don't believe anything that comes from tORn.
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on the diversity subject:
www.somagnews.com
In an interview with Wyborcza, Andrzej Sapkowski said: "As far as I can remember, skin color is not covered in detail in my books. So the creators of The Witcher series can express themselves freely, everything is possible and everything is allowed. This is how it could have been, after all. It doesn't matter that they go from blondes in white to black characters .
unlike Andrzej's books, Tolkien's works are embarrassingly white and this has to change. glad they are going Witcher route on this.
The Witcher: Andrzej Sapkowski Responds To Racial Criticism ⋆ Somag News
For the end of 2019, Netflix has prepared a nice surprise for its fans. Indeed, the platform has released a series on wizards, The Witcher . If the latter has attracted many people, some have not appreciated certain things that do not agree with the books of Andrzej Sapkowski.
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unlike Andrzej's books, Tolkien's works are embarrassingly white and this has to change. glad they are going Witcher route on this.
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I woudn't read too much into it. The Silmarillion First Age material is off limits.
Long story short, on TheOneRing.net's livestream, they put forward a rumour that the writing team for season 1 were let go and the show put on hiatus until a new writing team is found for season 2. Most likely bullshit.
Let them make their claims. As a kid, I always wanted Gandalf and Saruman to be played by poc.
