The news of the famous fantasy trilogy Lord of the Rings is being turned into a television series has been spread like wildfire already.
It is confirmed that Amazon has started working on the show.
While the rest of the cast is still under wrap, fans are quite excited to know that the “Black Mirror” star, Will Poulter has been cast to the show.
According to the sources, the 26-year-old British Actor has been given one of the lead roles in the show. It is yet to see which character will be portrayed by Poulter.
The news was sent out by Variety Magazine, that stated that Will Poulter is soon going to be a part of Lord of the Rings TV cast.
While Amazon, producer of the show remain silent on this, Variety further mentioned that sources close to the series have confirmed that Poulter will be given the lead role.
Apart from the news of USD 1 billion budgeted show, there’s no much revelation about the much-waited fantasy franchise.
The writing team behind this iconic show were introduced to the public when the group unveiled themselves in a video titled Meet Our Fellowship.
There is no final confirmation on the number of the episodes or total length of the show, but Tom Shippey, a member of the creative team has given few details regarding the shooting program.
Paying no heed to the rumors that the shooting location for the show will be Scotland and New Zealand, Shippey said that the location is still uncertain to the entire crew and the shooting will mostly take place at different locations across the globe, chronologically.
Shippey further added in an interview that there are probably 20 episodes in the first season and until the climax for the season is not decided, the shooting cannot be started.
Sources have also mentioned that though there are few changes in the screenplay, the core story is still faithful to the original source material.
Whether the location is determined or not, fans are all ears for a little news about their favorite fantasy movie.
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