According to Variety magazine, the estate of the late author J.R.R. Tolkien and Warner Bros. are in talks with Amazon Studios to develop a television series based on the popular novels of Lord of the Rings.
The company has stressed that it is only in talks and this may not even come to fruition.
The internet has definitely had something to say about this:
Amazon is rumored to be in talks of adapting Lord of the Rings for a season series.
That’s treading on some very thin ice.
— Jake Smith (@jksmth) November 4, 2017
No please stop. The greatest trilogy ever made…dont touch it. At least for a while. Ugh https://t.co/WiIaHdePm5
— Isaac Oyer (@isaacisaginger) November 4, 2017
I usually have tolerance for most remakes, but this is 100% uncalled for. No part of me wants this. https://t.co/puwI4OnKo0
— Michael Zema (@mzema24) November 4, 2017
Amazon Studios is trying to reboot Lord of the Rings for TV
First of all Game of Thrones— Caleb Williams (@KnightGambit) November 4, 2017
Will this be another Dirty Dancing/Grease/Footloose etc mistake?? Who knows.