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Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings' to cost $465M for just one season

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  1. gpl
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    For reference, all three films cost around $280 million in 2001, which adjusted for inflation is about $430M. This is a wild amount for one season.

    For reference, all three films cost around $280 million in 2001, which adjusted for inflation is about $430M. This is a wild amount for one season.

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  2. mrbig
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    The eye-popping Lord of the Rings price tag almost certainly doesn’t reflect season one’s production cost alone. The rights to the Tolkien property cost an estimated $250 million. Plus there are considerable startup costs when bringing Middle Earth to life — such as sets, costumes and props — that will be used throughout the series

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