It turns out Middle-earth doesn’t come cheap. Amazon Studios is spending an astonishing $465 million to make its Lord of the Rings prequel show… specifically, the show’s first season. That’s over $150 million more than Peter Jackson’s three Lord of the Rings movies cost to make. That’s more than the gross domestic…
Source: io9 – Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV Series Costs Nearly Half a Billion Dollars for Its First Season Alone