LOS ANGELES: It has been dubbed the most expensive show ever made, but producers of Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' described its $1-billion price tag as...
LOS ANGELES: It has been dubbed the most expensive show ever made, but producers of Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' described its $1-billion price tag as a 'bargain' at a lavish world premiere in Los Angeles on Monday .The highly anticipated television series, launching on Amazon's streaming platform on September 2, is said to be a personal obsession of Jeff Bezos, the multibillionaire founder of the online shopping giant-turned-streamer.
'Speaking to Agence France-Presse on the red carpet, Weber said the eye-watering cost came from 'setting up for five seasons.''If you look at what it cost to make a feature tentpole film, by that comparison, really, we're quite a bargain,' she added, using a term for mega-budget blockbusters released by Hollywood's top studios.