In the case of the upcoming Lord of the Rings series from Amazon, the price is certainly very high. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed and reported that Amazon will spend roughly NZ$650 million, which is equal to $465 million in U.S. dollars—all for just the first season of the show.
“What I can tell you is Amazon is going to spend about $650 million in season one alone,” Stuart Nash, New Zealand Minister for Economic Development and Tourism, told Morning Report. “This is fantastic, it really is … this will be the largest television series ever made.” The figures were released as part of the New Zealand government’s Official Information Act and initially reported by the New Zealand outlet Stuff.
By comparison, THR shares that HBO’s Game of Thrones cost roughly $100 million to produce per season. The Lord of the Rings movies in recent comparison cost $281 million in total to create. It is a huge price tag, so we will have to see how it all comes together in the end.
(via THR, image: New Line)
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