While it was thought, very early on, that Peter Jackson could potentially be involved in Amazon’s “Lord Of The Rings” series—maybe as a consultant— eventually, he ended up having no participation in the series.
A new take on J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic Middle-Earth saga, which takes place during The Second Age (Jackson’s trilogy was set during The Third Age), Amazon’s new series could have theoretically tapped actors like Hugo Weaving (whose characters were alive in this Second Age), but that never happened, leaving many to assume Amazon was severing all ties with what Jackson brought to ‘LOTR.’ But a new report from Deadline reveals a key creative figure in the Jackson trilogy is actually returning.
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