Amazon reveals Netflix 'took the Marvel approach' to The Lord of The Rings

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will wrap up its epic eight-episode season next week, with some of the Amazon executives shedding light on how they actually landed the rights to the beloved property.After a lawsuit was settled between The Tolkien Estate and The Tolkien Trust, the rights to the franchise were shopped to various entities in 2017.While Amazon ultimately acquired the rights in November 2017 for a reported $250 million - for just the rights alone - a new report from The Hollywood Reporter reveals how Amazon ultimately won the rights...

and revealed Netflix was planning a 'Marvel approach' to the property. Rights: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will wrap up its epic eight-episode season next week, with some of the Amazon executives shedding light on how they actually landed the rights to the beloved property Netflix: While Amazon ultimately acquired the rights in November 2017 for a reported $250 million - for just the rights alone - a new report from The Hollywood Reporter reveals how Amazon ultimately won the rights...

and revealed Netflix was planning a 'Marvel approach' to the property'Sources claimed that one suitor for the rights - HBO - had planned on returning to the Third Age of Middle-earth, the same time frame where Peter Jackson's movie trilogy is set.The Tolkien Estate reportedly wasn't interested in treading the same ground as the films, with Tolkien's own son even stating that Jackson's films, 'eviscerated' the books.

Netflix, on the other hand, reportedly pitched a number of shows including one focusing on the wizard Gandalf (played in the movies by Ian McKellen) and another drama series focusing on Aragorn (played in the movies by Viggo Mortensen).