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Writers JD Payne, Patrick McKay to script Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’
Writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay have been chosen to craft the script of Amazon’s TV show Lord of the Rings.
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Pictured above is a still from ‘Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.' Writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay have been chosen to script Amazon’s television show 'Lord of the Rings'. (New Line Cinema/File)
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mazon’s widely anticipated Lord of the Rings series is off to a good start, as writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay have signed on to write the script, as reported by Variety. The multi-season series will tell the story preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring.
Payne and McKay met in their high school debate team more than two decades ago, and they have been working together ever since, collaborating on projects like Star Trek 4, Jungle Cruise and the script of Black List drama Escape.
“The rich world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is filled with majesty and heart, wisdom and complexity,” Payne and McKay described. “We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Amazon to bring it to life anew. We feel like Frodo, setting out from the Shire, with a great responsibility in our care — it is the beginning of the adventure of a lifetime.”
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Peter Jackson’s three film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings earned a combined gross of nearly $6 billion worldwide and 17 Academy Awards, including Best Picture in 2004. With the development of its series, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hopes to appeal to his international audience with a Game of Thrones-like genre.
Amazon Studios will produce the series alongside the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. (saz/wng)
