The Lord of the Rings: Warner Bros, Amazon Studios in talks to develop TV series on JRR Tolkien's novels

Los Angeles: Estate of JRR Tolkien and Warner Bros Television are in talks with Amazon Studios to develop a series based on the authors The Lord of the Rings novels. [caption id=“attachment_4194439” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] A still from The Lord of the Rings. Image from Facebook/@lordoftheringstrilogy[/caption] The studio and the Tolkien estate have been shopping a series based on the classic fantasy novels and their assortment of hobbits, wizards, and warriors, sparking a competitive situation from which Amazon has emerged as the frontrunner. No deal has been set, reported Deadline. The fact that a Lord of the Rings series is being shopped by Warner Bros marks a thaw in the relationship between the studio and the Tolkien estate, which in July settled a massive lawsuit that had dragged on since 2012. Launched at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson’s LOTR trilogy was a global phenomenon. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom and others, the three films combined to gross more than $2.9 billion worldwide.