The Tick: Season 1

Fifteen years ago, Arthur Everest saw his father killed in front of him by the Terror, a monstrous supervillain. Although the Terror was defeated and apparently killed by the alien Superian ("th…

(Very Strong) Rumour: Amazon developing the WHEEL OF TIME TV series

According to Deadline , Amazon is the company that has been secretly developing the Wheel of Time  TV series alongside Sony for the last few months. Amazon had previously been strongly linked to the …

Amazon developing Iain M. Banks' CULTURE novels as a television series

In a surprise announcement, Jeff Bezos, the head of Amazon, has personally confirmed that his company is developing Iain M. Banks' Culture  series of science fiction novels as a television seri…

Amazon options CONAN THE BARBARIAN TV show

Amazon has made the surprise announcement that it is developing a TV series based on Robert E. Howard's  Conan the Barbarian  short stories. The project appears to be in an advanced stage of pla…

The most expensive TV shows of all time

Last year there were a couple of attempts to make a list of the most expensive TV series of all time, which failed because they used radically outdated information and didn't take account of some…

The new LORD OF THE RINGS TV deal, explained

It's been a busy week or so for Tolkien and TV fans trying to parse the extraordinary news that Amazon TV are developing a television series based on The Lord of the Rings . In the light of more …

Ideas for the new LORD OF THE RINGS TV series

Amazon have confirmed they are collaborating with Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema and the Tolkien Estate on a new Middle-earth TV show set between The Hobbit  and The Lord of the Rings . Lots of ide…

LORD OF THE RINGS prequel TV show greenlit by Amazon

Further to the story from last week , Amazon TV have formally greenlit the Lord of the Rings  TV series being shopped around by Amazon. Expanding on the more confusing parts of the deal, the new TV …

The impact of the Amazon/Tolkien deal on the WHEEL OF TIME TV show

The news broke last night that Amazon are in talks with Warner Brothers about making a big-budget TV series based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings , despite the perception that Peter Ja…

Tolkien Estate and Warner Brothers to collaborate on a new LORD OF THE RINGS TV series

In a surprising and unexpected move, the Tolkien Estate and Warner Brothers are teaming up to to produce a television series based on J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Ring…