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 […]
