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Why HBO Didn’t Want ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Show – Variety

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Richard Plepler wasn’t interested in “The Lord of the Rings” TV series because HBO already has a big fantasy franchise: “Game of Thrones.”
HBO wasn’t interested in bidding for the TV adaptation of J. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” epic, according to CEO Richard Plepler, because it already has a big-budget fantasy franchise — “Game of Thrones.” Plepler, speaking at Business Insider’s Ignition 2017 media conference Wednesday in New York, noted that HBO has five separate “Game of […]

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