I do not know how literal I should take this but
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/lord-of-the-rings-power-five-seasons-fully-planned-out-exclusive/
Payne being one of the two showrunners. Showrunner JD Payne and Patrick McKay, along with executive producer and director JA Bayona.
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I am curious if there is a "hard limit" due to contracts with the Tolkien estate of how many episodes minimum and how many episodes maximum a tv series could be? (instead of something like a movie, of course the minimum length I assume they have already met.)
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I so glad I do not need to watch this show at this moment, I can use others as a shield / signal of whether I should try this. Tolkien was once extremely important to my heart, but I am in a different place now, and if its bad why open myself up to the heart-ache.
I am so sorry Mookie that it is not going well so far.