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 …

SF&F Questions: Do balrogs have wings?

In this article I will examine the single most controversial mystery that J.R.R. Tolkien left unresolved in his Middle-earth legendarium, namely... Do balrogs have wings? In the first book of The Lor…

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…