Amazon declined to comment. An individual with knowledge of the production confirmed that figure is correct.
For comparison’s sake, HBO”s “Game of Thrones” cost around $100 million per season.
“Lord of the Rings” has not been cheap for Amazon, who paid $250 million to acquire the rights from the Tolkien estate, publisher HarperCollins and New Line Cinema. It has already been renewed for a second season, well before the first season will even air. It currently has no premiere date.
Here’s the synopsis for the eight-episode fantasy series:
Amazon Studios’ forthcoming series brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the fines
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