According to reports, Netflix and HBO launched numerous concepts for Lord of the Rings Movies and TV shows to the Tolkien estate.

As previously stated, Amazon Prime obtained the rights to The Rings of Power

HBO proposed "recreating" Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Many such shows, including a Gandalf series and an Aragorn drama, were pitched to Netflix. 

They went the Marvel route, which totally and utterly weirded out the asset.

Amazon Prime executives interrogated "dozens of writers, producers, and directors" for The Rings Of Power, which is set in the Second Age of western Middle-earth. 

The Russo Brothers (Avengers: Endgame) were among those who proposed the Third Age as "an Aragorn story."

McKay told to The Hollywood Reporter : The folks we have been up against had résumés that, on paper, would have been better suited to the job .

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