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Rumor: "New Lord of the Rings TV series to be filmed in Scotland"
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Mountain ranges seldom have distinguishable peaks that high and the tallest tend to be emerging from underlying range so the ability to capture aerial establishing shots is reasonably good and season dependent.
They can also easier blend stock nz and Swiss alps - zero lotr species /groups live up there and Scotland is lousy with forests, glades, valleys, tundra, coasts, rocky islands, plains and even sand dunes.
Didn't Peter Jackson and Warner Bros do this? https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/01/29/78965/the-hobbit-law-there-and-back-again
That would be fair but weren't they also involved with the LOTR Shadow of mordor/war series?
Not that I recall no.
As far as the LOTR/Hobbit I.Ps are concerned, they have no say in such matters, because they don't own the rights to those works and never have. Tolkien sold those rights before his death.
Bummer. I could be wrong, but I feel like this is just going to make it look even more like Thrones and less like the established "look" of LOTR that NZ provided.
I wonder how sure their sources are that this is "Lord of the Rings", or if this is just "Amazon was scouting here for a big fantasy series, must be LotR". Amazon has multiple fantasy series' they are working on, and since this one is allowed to use footage from the movie trilogy, one would think they would try to use the same/similar locations to match them up. I could see Scotland being a good place for the Wheel of Time series Amazon is doing.
They'll try to get the visual look as close to the film-verse as possible according to reports.
Slightly off topic but the sentiment behind Brexit would make Sauron gleeful. Separating all the countries and making them isolationist? He could have steamrolled everybody.
Cool. Since this involves Young Aragorn, it would make sense to utilize the Scotish Highlands for Eriador. The Cuilin Mountain Range would make for excellent Blue Mountain location shoots.
He'd make for a great grumpy Gandalf, if Sir Ian isn't keen on reprising the role.
I'm not quite sure if hobbits will feature very much in the show. It really does depend on whether they focus solely on young Aragorn for five whole seasons or have each season dedicated to a particular character from each of the various races in Middle-earth. The former is more likely.
They haven't started filming this yet? It feels like these discussions have been going on for years.
The series is due in 2021, so pre-production should start soon. It won't be long before casting starts and we get an idea of the story.
Is it about Aragorn wandering around in the wild? I don't know much about his story but I can see why changing the filming locations wouldn't matter so much, but yeah there's not going to be many hobbits if that's the case.
From the info we have so far, it seems like the show will focus on Aragorn's adventures in his early years after leaving Rivendell.
That was Middle-earth Enterprises, which has no relation to the Tolkien Estate.
A little update on the location situation.
Lord of the Rings TV series: Government talks with Amazon Studios stay secret:
https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...ernment-talks-with-amazon-studios-stay-secret
Lord of the Rings TV series: Government talks with Amazon Studios stay secret:
https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...ernment-talks-with-amazon-studios-stay-secret
