Amazon's LORD OF THE RINGS Television Series Hires STAR TREK 4 Writers

Amazon's LORD OF THE RINGS Television Series Hires STAR TREK 4 Writers

After months of speculation, Amazon has finally announced news regarding their LORD OF THE RINGS series. The studio has hired an up and coming team of creatives to spearhead the storytelling process.

By Dragonsfoe - Jul 28, 2018 09:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Lord of the Rings
Source: Amazon via TORN
There has always been a shadow of doubt when it came to Amazon's Lord of the Rings series. Once the studio announced their billion dollar deal to create a multi-season prequel series based on Tolkien's legendarium, fans have been left wondering what it would be about? More importantly they were curious about who would be involved.

Following months of speculation, it seems that the streaming giant is now deep in development, hiring scribes JD Payne and Patrick McKay to collaborate on the adventure. The team, who is considered an up and coming talent in the entertainment industry, is not new to genre fare, developing scripts for Star Trek 4 and Dwayne Johnson's Jungle Cruise, both of which will be released in the next few years. Additionally, Payne and McKay are involved in the Monsterverse writers room, coming up with concepts to further the Godzilla/King Kong universe. Whether they will be showrunning is a question currently left unanswered, but as its first hired writers it is entirely possible.

Reportedly aiming to match the tone of the intial six films, the studio has also held conversations with director Peter Jackson, whose official capacity has yet to be revealed. The series, which is currently on track for a 2021 release, has been rumored to feature a young Aragorn as its protagonist.
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ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 7/28/2018, 10:18 PM
Cool thing is that if it involves a young Aragorn that could equate to a lot of stories due to his age by the time he came into Frodo’s company. And I’m sure Sir Ian McKellen has expressed his interest to return as Gandalf the Grey.
NOVAtheSUPA
NOVAtheSUPA - 7/28/2018, 10:28 PM
LEAVE MY TRILOGY ALONE!



oh wait its a prequel [frick] yeah!
Kd666dash3dot7
Kd666dash3dot7 - 7/28/2018, 11:44 PM
They are gonna royally [frick] this up, making Aragorn a Mexican tranny(im Mexican)
Pathogen
Pathogen - 7/29/2018, 5:44 PM
@Kd666dash3dot7 - but are you a tranny?
texarkana
texarkana - 7/29/2018, 7:30 PM
Wow I hadn’t even heard of this happening, sounds like a sad attempt to jump on the Game of Throne’s success. Someone must realize how unlikely it is that this will succeed.
Presto76
Presto76 - 7/31/2018, 1:48 AM
You said it. Game of thrones is fundamentally structured to beget plenty of compelling arcs. Just following Aragorn around for however many seasons is going to get boring fast. They should have poured that money into adapting the belgariad or the dragonbone chair series into movies.
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