Los Angeles: Production has resumed on Amazon Studios’ The Lord Of The Rings TV series in New Zealand.
According to Deadline, prior to the coronavirus pandemic-led shutdown, filming on the first two episodes of the series, an adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels, was almost finished.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom helmer J A Bayona is directing the first two episodes.
JD Payne and Patrick McKay are attached as showrunners, executive producers and are also leading the writing team.
Amazon has made a multi-season production commitment to the TV series.
The studio will produce the show in cooperation with the estate of J R R Tolkien, publishing house HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros.
The series will not be a retelling of Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning film trilogy. It will explore the story set before the events in the first LOTR novel,…