‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Adds Director Wayne Che Yip as Co-Executive Producer
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variety.comCynthia Littleton Business EditorAmazon Studios has tapped director Wayne Che Yip to join the creative team of its “Lord of the Rings” series adaptation as co-executive producer.
The British Chinese helmer will handle four episodes of the fantasy epic now filming in New Zealand.Yip will follow “LOTR” executive producer J.A.
Bayona, who directed the first two episodes of the Amazon Originals series. The latest iteration of the “LOTR” franchise is set in Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of author J.R.R.
Tolkien’s original “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” novels.The series, which has an eight-episode initial order, is led by showrunners/executive producers J.D.
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