Middle-earth fans continue to count the days for the Rings of Power series, which will air on Prime Video in September. Today, the sharing made by Private Division excited many people. Because the Lord of the Rings game has been officially announced.
When will the Lord of the Rings game be released?
In the post made by Private Division on its social media accounts today, it was announced that a partnership with Wētā Workshop has been established and the development process for the Lord of the Rings game has begun. It has also been confirmed that the new production will be the first game in the series.
The release date of the game is not yet clear. However, when we look at the publication calendar of the company, there is information that a Middle-earth game developed by Wētā Workshop will be released in 2024.
Private Division’s statement said:
We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Weta Workshop to release a new playset set in JRR Tolkien’s literary Middle-earth universe. We look forward to sharing more about the project in the future!
We’re thrilled to announce that we have partnered with @WetaWorkshop to publish a new game set in the literary Middle-earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien. We look forward to sharing more about the project in the future! pic.twitter.com/z9HxvXe7Da
— Private Division (@PrivateDivision) August 15, 2022
Amazon spends record on Lord of the Rings series!
The Lord of the Rings series will premiere on September 2. Later, it will meet with the audience through the digital streaming platform called Prime Video, which is only available to Amazon Prime subscribers all over the world.
According to the information revealed today, Amazon will pay a record level for the Lord of the Rings series. It is said that only season 1 has a budget of 465 million dollars. In addition, the purchase of the broadcast rights cost 250 million dollars.
The total box office revenue of the original trilogy of the series was $2.92 billion. But the total budget of these three films was around $281 million. So Amazon allocates a budget of 5 movies only for the first season. In addition, according to the agreement, at least 5 seasons will be filmed. Moreover, it has already been announced that the second season has been ordered.
When the visuals of the series were first shared, there were some question marks in people’s minds. For example, we know that goblins, dwarves, and elves will clash frequently. There were questions such as whether we will focus on only some characters or will we be able to see tens, maybe hundreds of characters here.
In addition, there are questions such as whether the remaining characters will be made with computers and artificial intelligence, except for a few people on the front lines in a war scene, or whether each goblin will actually be an extra or actor by putting on long-term make-up or wearing clothes.
In fact, with the budget that is obvious today, all question marks have disappeared. Because it turned out that Amazon consumed half of the budget expected to allocate for 5 seasons from the first season. So no expense will be spared. Therefore, expectations have risen to very high levels.
To give an example as a comparison with other movies and series, Marvel’s latest movies cost an average of 350 million dollars. Game of Thrones cost per episode was around $15 million. That equates to around $120 million for an 8-episode season.
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