The Lord of the Rings is going to be huge.
The forthcoming fantasy series at Amazon Studios will cost even more than previous estimates, THR reported Friday (April 16).
Amazon will spend roughly NZ$650 million, or $465 million in U.S. dollars, for the first season of the show, according to the report, beating out the previous estimate of $500 million for multiple seasons of the show.
“What I can tell you is Amazon is going to spend about $650 million in season one alone. This is fantastic, it really is…this will be the largest television series ever made,” said Stuart Nash, New Zealand Minister for Economic Development and Tourism, to Morning Report.
The estimate was released as part of the New Zealand government’s Official Information Act, initially reported by Stuff.
The documents also revealed that Amazon plans to film five seasons in New Zealand, as well as potential spinoff series.
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