“Game of Thrones” v “Lord of the Rings”: a tale of old v new Hollywood
A century-old studio wages a big-budget war against a streaming upstart
Half a billion dollars’ worth of swordplay, sorcery and sex is on its way to a small screen near you. On August 21st Warner Bros Discovery launched “House of the Dragon”, a spin-off from its racy smash-hit, “Game of Thrones”, made at a reported cost of over $150m. Hot on its heels, on September 1st Amazon Prime Video will release “The Rings of Power”, a more chaste but pricier drama based on the “Lord of the Rings” books. With a rumoured pricetag of $465m, Amazon’s offering will be the most expensive piece of television ever made.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Dragons v hobbits”
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