Star Trek 4 writers hired to develop Lord of the Rings series for Amazon

Amazon has been sitting on their plans for the Lord of the Rings series for some time, and now they just took their biggest step yet in the journey across Middle-earth. Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke was on the Television Critics Association press tour yesterday and announced that after “a long process and extensive search” writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay have been hired to... Read More...

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