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A TV Series of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Is in Works

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It seems that The Lord of the Rings, the epic saga of Middle Earth and its inhabitants from J.R.R. Tolkien, may be getting the TV treatment. The project is being developed by Warner Bros. Television, and Amazon Studios has emerged as a potential buyer. Hobbit fans everywhere, rejoice! Amazon Studios has emerged as a potential buyer for the drama from Warner Bros. Television. The Lord of the Rings could be the next big TV adaptation. Warner Bros. Television, whose feature film counterpart produced the feature film series, is in preliminary stages of discussions for a potential TV series based on the J.R.R. Tolkien best-sellers. Amazon Studios, who has a new genre-focused push under company CEO Jeff Bezos, has emerged as a potential buyer. Amazon Studios and Warner Bros. Television declined comment. Sources stress that a deal for a Lord of the Rings TV series is far from official. Talks are said to be focusing on rights issues with the Tolkein estate; the project has yet to even go out t...

Deathstroke movie in the works at Warner Brothers

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Warner Brothers is already teasing another DC Entertainment adaptation. But instead of focusing attention on superheroes, this new movie would star a big bad villain, Deathstroke. Despite the recent pivot to happier, feel-good fare thanks to "Wonder Woman," and with the swashbuckling "Aquaman" movie finally wrapped, Warner Bros. looks to take a risk on a darker, fairly bloody character. The Times can confirm that "The Raid" director Gareth Evans is in talks to write and direct a "Deathstroke" feature starring former "True Blood" werewolf Joe Manganiello. Fun fact: Manganiello was already on the radar to play Deathstroke. Fans even assumed he would appear in either "Justice League" or the standalone Batman movie, especially after Batman himself (Ben Affleck) released some footage of the character (presumably on the "Justice League" set) via Twitter. However, it looks like most of that cameo has been scrapped...