The war of the heroic-fantastic series will really take place this summer! On August 22, the first episode of Dragon House, Prequel to Game of Thrones, airs on OCS (and on HBO Max in the United States), and the Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power, debuts on Amazon Prime Video a few days later. Composed on September 2nd.
A distant duel of serials, but also of platforms, the simultaneous programming of these two blockbusters will inevitably lead to a form of rivalry. And indeed, the hostilities were initiated by writer George Martin during an interview with our colleagues from the newspaper. Independent.
While he wanted both series to be successful, the author acknowledged that his competitive spirit gave him hope that the Dragon House would win more awards than The Rings of Power. “If they win six Emmys and I hope they win, I hope we win seven.”
Interested in the concept of this series of Lord of the Rings, George A.R. Martin is also wondering how he will get this adaptation, as Amazon has not acquired the rights to the books: “It’s a weird deal, Amazon bought the rights to Tolkien, but not the rights to his books. They have no rights to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit or Silmarillion (…), but they have attachments. “What they did.”
The Dragon House, a prequel that unfolds a hundred years before the Game of Thrones conspiracy, will air on August 22 at OCS. The Rings of Power, which traces the creation of the rings a few centuries before The Fellowship of the Ring adventure, will be available exclusively on Amazon from September 2nd.
Source: allocine
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