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Tolkien Topics: TV Discussion: The Rings of Power:
I think it's safe to assume, or at least strongly speculate, rights to UT:
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Altaira
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Jan 14 2021, 7:41pm
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I think it's safe to assume, or at least strongly speculate, rights to UT
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I believe some media outlets have mis-reported that Amazon's rights only include LOTR and The Hobbit. Most of the reports are based on an interview with Tom Shippey with the German Tolkien Society.
I found and read the actual interview with Shippey here. His comments about not being able to use anything from LOTR and The Hobbit are specifically in response to the question: What about the First and Third Ages? So, it sounds like Amazon can't include anything from the First and Third Ages unless it's mentioned between the covers of LOTR and the Hobbit. But, regarding the Second Age, earlier in the interview Shippey says they can cover all the events of the Second Age, they just can't alter anything Tolkien wrote about:
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Amazon has a relatively free hand when it comes to adding something, since, as I said, very few details are known about this time span. The Tolkien Estate will insist that the main shape of the Second Age is not altered. Sauron invades Eriador, is forced back by a Númenorean expedition, is returns to Númenor. There he corrupts the Númenoreans and seduces them to break the ban of the Valar. All this, the course of history, must remain the same. But you can add new characters and ask a lot of questions, like: What has Sauron done in the meantime? Where was he after Morgoth was defeated? Theoretically, Amazon can answer these questions by inventing the answers, since Tolkien did not describe it. But it must not contradict anything which Tolkien did say. That’s what Amazon has to watch out for. It must be canonical, it is impossible to change the boundaries which Tolkien has created, it is necessary to remain “tolkienian”
So, I think we can assume, or at least strongly speculate, about them at the very least using major parts of UT, and that that speculation is probably right on the mark. The challenge will be to keep true to the Tolkien parts with the dialogue and non-written parts they'll inevitably have to invent. In that respect, this comment from Shippey give me hope:
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...the Tolkien Estate keeps a very careful eye on everything and is quite capable of saying no. They retain a veto over everything that concerns Tolkien.
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(This post was edited by Altaira on Jan 14 2021, 7:45pm)
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