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‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Already Has Bad*ss Female Characters

Trying to follow in the footsteps of HBO's massive success with "Game of Thrones," Amazon Prime has purchased the rights to the Lord of the Rings world and is creating a new show... with very different values from what fans may be familiar with.

By Jessica Marie Baumgartner3 min read
‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Already Has Bad*ss Female Characters
New Line Cinema

The show will be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Amazon has no plans to stick with Tolkien's vision of a heroic tale between good and evil. Instead, they're hoping for the next Game of Thrones, even if that means adding gore and sex into the world.