Although LOTR does have similarities to GoT (lots of characters, vast, complicated world, lots of languages, etc), how is this even taken seriously, given the Peter Jackson movies pretty much did justice to the books? (I'm assuming they did from the fan following. I never read the books)
What value would they even really add?
At least with the Game of Thrones, it was the first time it was adapted to television.
In the case of LoTR, there's already been a big budget production that won a ton of Oscars.
This seems very strange to me. Usually these studios want to try new ideas and less conservative. This smacks of a typical Hollywood studio problem, just regurgitating existing franchises into new mediums.
What value would they even really add?
At least with the Game of Thrones, it was the first time it was adapted to television.
In the case of LoTR, there's already been a big budget production that won a ton of Oscars.
This seems very strange to me. Usually these studios want to try new ideas and less conservative. This smacks of a typical Hollywood studio problem, just regurgitating existing franchises into new mediums.