Il participe déjà, si l'on se réfère au communiqué de presse d'Amazon, ce qui est déjà suffisamment rare.
Amazon today announced it has acquired the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season commitment. The upcoming Amazon Prime Original will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
“The Lord of the Rings is a cultural phenomenon that has captured the imagination of generations of fans through literature and the big screen,” said Sharon Tal Yguado, Head of Scripted Series, Amazon Studios. “We are honored to be working with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins and New Line on this exciting collaboration for television and are thrilled to be taking The Lord of the Rings fans on a new epic journey in Middle Earth.”
“We are delighted that Amazon, with its longstanding commitment to literature, is the home of the first-ever multi-season television series for The Lord of the Rings,” said Matt Galsor, a representative for the Tolkien Estate and Trust and HarperCollins. “Sharon and the team at Amazon Studios have exceptional ideas to bring to the screen previously unexplored stories based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s original writings.”
Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. The deal includes a potential additional spin-off series.
A world-renowned literary work, and winner of the International Fantasy Award and Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, The Lord of the Rings novels was named Amazon customers’ favorite book of the millennium in 1999 and Britain’s best-loved novel of all time in BBC’s The Big Read in 2003. Its theatrical adaptations, from New Line Cinema and Director Peter Jackson, earned a combined gross of nearly $6 billion worldwide. With an all-star cast that included Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin and Orlando Bloom, The Lord of the Rings trilogy garnered a combined 17 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Accessoirement, explorer les histoires précédant la communauté de l'anneau en se basant sur les seuls écrits des Seigneur des Anneaux (le Hobbit n'étant à priori pas concerné par l'accord) est relativement limité.
D'ailleurs, un article de NME tendrait à aller dans le sens d'une utilisation plus large de l'oeuvre de Tolkien (peut-être en taclant entre autres le personnage de Tauriel notamment au passage) :
it’s unlikely that Amazon will decide to invent new, non-canon characters. Instead, they could tell the story of a young Aragorn – he’s already 87-years-old by the time The Fellowship Of The Ring begins. Failing that, the plot of recent novels like The Children Of Hurin or Beren & Luthien could be a good starting point.
There’s also numerous video game plots which have been hugely successful with younger fans – the multi-million selling Shadow Of Mordor is a good example.
The point is: there are possibly hundreds of potential plot lines available for the Lord of the Rings TV series that would require few big changes.
Ceci étant, cela reste un rêve car l'accord d'Amazon ne semblerait toucher que le Seigneur des Anneaux et même pas le Hobbit, mais si l'on se souvient des Appendices du Seigneur des Anneaux, on se rend compte qu'il reprend sommairement une large part du Silmarillion, l'Appendice A reprenant Numenor et les chefs dunedain (Eriador, Arnor, Gondor et Rohan) ainsi que le Peuple de Durin et l'Appendice B retraçant l'histoire des Terres du Milieu du Second Age au Quatrième Age (avec au passage l'évocations des Istari). L'appendice C relate l'histoire des principales famillles hobbites et l'appendice E pour sa part explique les lettres Feanoriennes.
Ce que semblerait d'ailleurs confirmer The One Ring
Much of that possibility rests with the estate but just Appendix A in “The Lord of the Rings” offers a wealth of content. The imagination soars with possibilities.
Il y a donc malgré tout de quoi faire en partant de ce qui est narré dans les Appendices et en s'appuyant ensuite sur le contenu du Silmarillion et des autres écrits, car que la présence du Tolkien Estate dans le deal peut laisser penser que des arrangements pourront être trouvés, ce que relève d'ailleurs aussi The One Ring
“With Christopher’s departure as an officer of the Tolkien Estate (which was incorporated in 2011), the long-awaited “rights frenzy” for Tolkien properties may soon begin,” he wrote.
Yes, and it seemingly has already happened. This is a definite piece of the puzzle of the recent news of the Amazon Video deal. I had heard through rock solid, but not reportable sources several years ago that other members of the estate were much more willing to negotiate J.R.R. Tolkien’s properties while Christopher was far more interested in preserving legacy than money.
Chritsopher Tolkien préservait son héritage alors que le Tolkien Estate à présent semblerait prêt à faire de l'argent, ce qui pousse The One Ring à évoquer d'ailleurs le Silmarillion au passage
That doesn’t mean the Tolkien Estate will move toward making the rights to “Beren And Luthien” available but it does mean my wish to produce “The Silmarillion” as HBO series is slightly less impossible than it was before. That is what has changed really. Things once impossible are now possible.
Dernière modification par gilce ; 24/04/2018 à 13h43.
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