TWD??
Well he said rides, so I disregarded it.
TWD??
Wash you mouth out with soap.TWD??
I would wash my keyboard but then the keys stick....Wash you mouth out with soap.
The Amazon-Tolkien/NewLine(WB) deal is complete:
Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels, The Lord of the Rings, for Television with a Multi Season Production Commitment | Business Wire
Summary is that Amazon has the global TV rights for LOTR: Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. The deal includes a potential additional spin-off series.
Next is theme park rights...
Ohhh, maybe Liv Tyler gets her own coaster to rival daddy's :ears:The Amazon-Tolkien/NewLine(WB) deal is complete:
Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels, The Lord of the Rings, for Television with a Multi Season Production Commitment | Business Wire
Summary is that Amazon has the global TV rights for LOTR: Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. The deal includes a potential additional spin-off series.
Next is theme park rights...
Looking at the TV deal, they may require a massive up-front payment for the theme park rights too, perhaps $100m, and a minimum spend in the $500m range.The estate's willingness to grant new rights for lord of the rings at all bodes well for theme park rights. I assume universal would be the only ones that it would really make sense to pay for them.
Do you have a figure for the TV deal? I didn't see one and maybe that would give me an idea of the stakes for the park deals.Looking at the TV deal, they may require a massive up-front payment for the theme park rights too, perhaps $100m, and a minimum spend in the $500m range.
Only Disney/Universal can afford that, but given the current announced spending of Disney and that Universal can offer larger spaces/projects, it seems pretty clear where it'll go.
I think Tolkien's estate realizes that they do need to build out their IP. Looking at how GoT has filled a void in epic fantasy on TV and how many IPs are moving to theme parks (Potter, Nintendo, Star Wars, etc.), that space always was meant for LOTR.
The Amazon-Tolkien/NewLine(WB) deal is complete:
Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels, The Lord of the Rings, for Television with a Multi Season Production Commitment | Business Wire
Summary is that Amazon has the global TV rights for LOTR: Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. The deal includes a potential additional spin-off series.
Next is theme park rights...
Do you have a figure for the TV deal? I didn't see one and maybe that would give me an idea of the stakes for the park deals.
Yep as stated above the rights were $200-250m (Deadline.com says their source believes the number was close to $250m).Do you have a figure for the TV deal? I didn't see one and maybe that would give me an idea of the stakes for the park deals.
Yeah, I understand. I was wondering if the estate were being reasonable and it sounds like they are.Yep as stated above the rights were $200-250m (Deadline.com says their source believes the number was close to $250m).
Each season will cost $100-150m to produce. And it includes a potential spinoff series as well.
It's hard to match the numbers up to theme parks as there's no direct equivalence, but based on the TV show numbers, I do think a $75-100m up-front rights fee makes sense given most of what we're discussing is for Orlando. As for build out, based on Harry Potter, that cost will likely exceed $500m across IoA and the next dry park.
It should be NBCUniversal Media LLC as the subsidiary owning the parks:Does anyone know the name Universal files under now for SEC?
It should be NBCUniversal Media LLC as the subsidiary owning the parks:
Comcast - SEC Filings
That has the 2011 and on filings for NBCU after Comcast first took 51% ownership of the venture.
My guess is Uni and WB inked the deal in August.