Lord of the Rings Series Director Offers Greetings From Middle-earth
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Charlotte Brändström (
J.D. Payne and
Patrick McKay s upcoming
The Lord of the Rings series to direct two episodes. Well, it didn t take long to hear from the director- who offered greetings from Middle Earth in a tweet earlier today. Not to miss the moment, the Amazon Prime series social media account retweeted Brändström s greeting with a warm welcome to the streaming service s LotR universe.
Promo screen cap image from The Lord of the Rings series video (Image: Amazon Prime Video) I m very excited to be guided through Middle-earth by JD s and Patrick s vision and immerse myself in the iconic world of J.R.R. Tolkien. It s a great privilege to be in New Zealand to work with Amazon Studios outstanding ensemble of creative talents, said Brändström. The director joins
Lord of the Rings has added Netflix’s
The Witcher director Charlotte Brändström to helm two episodes alongside a creative team including J.A. Bayona (
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) who will direct the first two episodes, British Chinese director Wayne Che Yip who will helm four episodes and showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay.
“I’m very excited to be guided through Middle-earth by J.D.’s and Patrick’s vision and immerse myself in the iconic world of J.R.R. Tolkien. It’s a great privilege to be in New Zealand to work with Amazon Studios’ outstanding ensemble of creative talents,” Brändström said in a statement. “There are countless things still to see in Middle-earth, and great works to do,” she added, quoting the dwarven character Gimli.
The Lord of the Rings show is reportedly one of the most expensive ever made, with Amazon putting some $465m into the series. This is double the cost of th.