Sauron’s eye is about to jump out of his head … well, not head, but he’s definitely wide – eyed and blinking at the fantastic cost of Amazon Prime Lord of the Rings television season. According to Hollywood ReporterThe upcoming adaptation of JRR Tolkein’s beloved fantasy series will apparently cost the streamer about $ 465 million dollars, or about $ 650 million in New Zealand dollars, just for the first season of the series.
“What I can tell you is that Amazon is going to spend about $ 650 million in the first season,” said Stuart Nash, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, in New Zealand. Morning report Friday. “It’s fantastic, it’s really … it’s going to be the greatest television series ever made.” The show, which features a large cast, including Robert Aramayo, Morfydd Clark, and dozens of other artists, is set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit, is apparently going to premiere later this year. In exchange for dropping all the cash, Amazon will be eligible for money from the New Zealand Screen Production Grant. The rebate, worth about $ 114 million, or $ 160 million New Zealand dollars, is about 25%, compared to the usual 20% rebate due to the size of the LOTR production.
New Zealand outlet Things For the first time, the government reported on an agreement with Amazon, which also entails that the company has ‘partnerships with local businesses to invest in research and development’ in the country, as well as the program’s plan for a potential five seasons and a playoff series. to take. In reality, Lord of the Rings already has a second season underway. Honestly, if it’s the kind of money they’re driving in the Middle Earth, just forge each one’s own rings and let these poor little Hobbits go home already.