Amazon spending $465 million on season 1 of The Lord of the Rings series
Amazon has been working on a Lord of the Rings TV show for years, and they seem determined that it eclipse anything ever attempted on TV before. The company spent $250 million on the rights alone, and that's before an actor was cast or a camera turned on.
https://winteriscoming.net/2021/04/19/amazon-spending-465-million-the-lord-of-the-rings-series-season-1/
