Chen G.
Mithlond
Dec 18 2025, 9:51am
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An Amazon deal would have been calamitous
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Amazon had thrown their hat in the ring early on but it never went far: the big competitors were Netflix, Paramount and to a lesser extent Universal. Amazon already owning Metro Goldwyn Mayer would have raised anti-trust issues.
It's also likely that a deal with Amazon would have taken too long to coalesce for it to have any effect on Rings of Power. I've actually made the case that even if the show was made from the outset by HBO, we would never have been able to really see it as a prequel in any way that would be effective. With Amazon, in spite of endless posturing especially in season one, it's impossible.
At most, one can view the first - and only the first - season of the show as being part of the same audiovisual oeuvre as the films, but not part of the same narrative.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Dec 18 2025, 9:53am)
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