'For a billion dollar show, why does the new Lord of the Rings trailer look so cheap?'
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The trailer for Amazon’s much-anticipated new series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power hit screens during the Super Bowl this weekend, giving fans an early glimpse at exactly what the world’s first billion dollar television show looks like.
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Amazon will be hoping to have a Game of Thrones-sized hit on their hands, or at the very least a big enough success to outshine HBO’s Game of Thrones-prequel House of the Dragon, which is also set to premiere later this year.
The scale of Amazon’s spending is a sign that this is something of a pet project for boss Jeff Bezos.
Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, told Vanity Fair this month: “His desire to be ambitious – and for us to be ambitious with our content – has always been clear from the moment I got here.”
"Clearly, that sentiment is supposed to reassure Tolkien fans that the new series will do justice to the author’s legacy," writes Kevin E G Perry.
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