The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay have revealed that both Netflix and HBO were in talks with the Tolkien Estate to buy the rights to Middle-earth, with pitches that would have you screaming in agony long before either saw the light of day.
Tolkien fans have been giving the Amazon adaptation a lot of grief over the past few weeks for what they deem an absolute sacrilegious attack on the lore and what Middle-earth stands for. But according to what the executive producers tell The Hollywood Reporter, things could’ve ben way worse and much more palpably cash grab-y if any of the other industry moguls managed to get their hands on The Lord of the Rings.
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