Lord of the Rings TV series: Amazon wants powerbonks and Game of Thrones violence (news).
News is spreading fast across the interwebs about Amazon Studios plans to spice up Lord of the Rings with some powerbonkage and Game of Thrones-style violence to move the Tolkien favourite from futsy Oxford mythology to King of the North decapitations and assorted mature watching.
The OneRing web site highlighted Amazon Studios’ LOTR series is heading into uncharted carnal waters with their casting call for players interested in Nudity while also hiring an “Intimacy Coordinator”.
You can read the full story over at https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2020/10/06/108573-sex-sensibility-amazons-nude-take-on-tolkien/
and https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/09/the-left-cant-stand-tolkiens-christian-influenced-lord-of-the-rings-so-amazon-is-giving-it-a-game-of-thrones-makeover/ among many online venues.
Amazon is apparently trying to make Lord of the Rings more adult with sex scenes.
Hard no. I don’t want this to try and be “The next Game of Thrones”. I don’t want some gritty or edgy take. I just want it to capture the wonder and spirit of Tolkien’s world. pic.twitter.com/jsOQDM7uc4
— Smugshua 🇨🇩🇮🇪 (@smugshua) October 9, 2020
