Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings project needs to be a success. By some degree the most expensive television series ever made, it will arrive at an incredibly perilous time for the platform. People have too many streaming options and not enough money, and if Lord of the Rings fails to bring in a decent number of subscribers, it might spell curtains for Amazon Prime Video.
Luckily, though, the world’s greatest authority when it comes to adapting JRR Tolkien texts to screen is still around. Peter Jackson has not only made six Tolkien movies at this point – winning 17 Oscars and taking almost $6bn at the box office in the process – he also stands at the cutting edge of visual effects and entertainment-based AI. If you were going to make a Lord of the Rings TV show, it is an absolute no-brainer that you would first consult Peter Jackson.
