Yowza:

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series reportedly to cost $500 million

Just getting the rights apparently cost $250 million.

Still no details on the plot of the show other than it’s a prequel series. it would be neat if it was an adaptation of “The Silmarilion,” but I bet that it’ll be “all new,” set between “Hobbit” and “LOTR.” or if it’s a prequel to “Hobbit,” it’ll be only shortly before. A “Silmarilion” adaptation would seem damn near unfilmable since even the *world* would be weird and different, but for $250 in production costs for two seasons… shrug, maybe.