A Lord Of The Rings Tv Series Is Being Shopped Around For 250M Just For Rights

The Tolkien rights-holders want between $200 million and $250 million upfront for the rights to create a new Lord of the Rings television series. To be clear, that figure would be for the rights to the story and characters only, and wouldn’t cover any associated production costs – assuming whoever did end up with the rights was interested in mounting a production big enough to rival Jackson’s films and the HBO’s Game of Thrones, one can expect another $100 million to $150 million per season in order to produce it.