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Infamous former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has experienced what would happen if he got on Peter Jackson’s bad side.  While reflecting on his time filming Lord of the Rings, its star Elijah Wood appeared on the Armchair Podcast and told host Dax Shepard that one of the orcs in the movie was designed to look…

Stalled contract negotiations have led to the cancellation by Amazon of an online role-playing game based on the Lord of the Rings series. Amazon’s video game division has nixed the game, according to Bloomberg. The game had been announced in 2019 and has been in development at Amazon Game Studios in partnership…

The world is a year into this global pandemic, but there are many, many, many people that still need a reminder that wearing a face mask can help stop the spread the Covid-19. WarnerMedia has teamed up with the Ad Council and CDC for a PSA that serves as a friendly reminder for Americans to “Mask Up” with the help of…

Young British actor Will Poulter (the Maze Runner franchise) is poised to star on Amazon Studios' high-profile The Lord of the Rings TV series, Deadline has learned. Amazon would not comment. The series hails from writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay and director Juan Antonio (J.A.) Bayona. Set in Middle-earth, it will…

Orlando Bloom was at the TCA summer press tour to promote a forthcoming big-budget fantasy drama for Amazon. However, while the SVOD service teased some crew news on the TV adaptation of Lord of the Rings, Bloom was on stage to talk up Carnival Row. But Bloom did reveal that Peter Jackson was prescient during the…

Amazon has set a slew of creative execs for its forthcoming Lord of the Rings TV series including Eps from Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos as well as former head of genre Sharon Tal Yguado. This comes a year after setting feature writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay to develop and write the company's…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios’ high-profile The Lord of the Rings TV series has made a key hire. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director Juan Antonio (J.A.) Bayona has been tapped to direct the first two episodes of the big-scope fantasy drama, following in the footsteps of Peter Jackson, who directed the feature…

Rudy Giuliani has been on an interesting journey in the past couple of weeks (some may even argue months). As Donald Trump’s lawyer, he has spoken out about former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and his statements haven’t been consistent. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert illustrated it in a way that everyone can…

UPDATED with statement from Ashley Judd’s attorney Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are urging a federal court judge to throw out Ashley Judd’s civil suit, arguing that too much time has passed for her to bring a legal claim seeking damages for allegedly ruining her career. Judd sued Weinstein in April, arguing that the once…

Streaming viewers who pay by the month for Amazon Prime benefits, which include free shipping as well as entertainment offerings, now will pay $12.99 a month. The new rate is 18% higher than the previous $10.99. The cost of a full-year Prime membership will remain $99 and the yearly rate for students also stays at…

EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Harvey Weinstein denied claims that he blackballed Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino from being cast in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, Jackson has chimed back in, calling parts of Weinstein’s denial “insincere.” Here is Jackson’s rebuttal in full: Aspects of Harvey's denial are…

UPDATED: In a deal that is expected to dwarf any TV series to date, I hear the J.R.R. Tolkien estate has been shopping a possible series based on the late author’s The Lord of the Rings novels with a whopping price tag attached. I hear Amazon, Netflix and HBO had been approached about the project, which comes with an…