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LOS ANGELES: Amazon head honcho Jeff Bezos thanked ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ showrunners Patrick McKay and John D. Payne on the UK premiere of the Amazon Prime Video sequence on Tuesday night time – for ignoring his notes on the present.
“Every showrunner’s dream – and I mean every showrunner – their dream is to get notes on scripts and early cuts from the founder and executive chairman,” Bezos quipped whereas introducing the primary two episodes of the sequence.
“They loved that. I need to thank you both for listening whenever it helped but mostly I need to thank you for ignoring me at exactly the right times.”
Bezos additionally shared that there had been reservations about choosing McKay and Payne, who’ve only a handful of credit between them, to helm the eye-wateringly costly blockbuster sequence, saying: “One of the most effective selections we made was to guess on this comparatively unknown staff. Some individuals even questioned our selection. But we noticed one thing particular.
“J.D., Patrick, thank you for taking this on and putting your whole selves into it. Everybody here in this audience, you are all about to see that we made the right choice.”
In a uncommon speech, the Amazon head informed the viewers, which included Tokien’s grandson Michael Tolkien, Amazon Studio boss Jennifer Salke, head of tv Vernon Sanders, castmembers, press and even some followers wearing full Middle Earth cosplay, that he himself first grew to become enamoured with the fantasy books as a teen and that his Tolkien-obsessed son had warned him to not “eff up” the sequence.
“My grandfather’s the one who introduced me to Tolkien,” mentioned Bezos.
“I fell in love immediately, I was probably 13 or 14 years old. I fell in love with the adventure of course, with the detailed universe, with the feelings of hope and optimism, with the idea that everybody has a role to play. And I’m happy to report that that cycle continues today. My kids have become Tolkien fans as well.”
“In fact, one of my boys I think approaches the level of a Tolkien scholar, he knows so much about this universe. And after Amazon got involved in this project, my son came up to me one day, he looked me in the eyes, very sincerely, and he said: ‘Dad, please don’t eff this up’. And he was right. We know that this world is important to so many people, we know it’s a privilege to work inside this world and we know it’s a big responsibility.”
Salke additionally took the stage earlier than the present screened to thank Bezos, the solid and crew and particularly the Tolkien property “for their trust and partnership.”
It is known that Amazon Studios struck a deal immediately with the Tolkien property to license the IP, enabling them to bypass the Saul Zaentz Company, who till final month managed all of the display screen rights aside from tv sequence greater than eight episodes lengthy. The Prime Video sequence consists of eight episodes.
Also strolling the purple carpet on the London premiere have been castmembers together with Sir Lenny Henry, who performs Sadoc Burrows, Morfydd Clark, who performs the elf Galadriel (the youthful model of the character performed by Cate Blanchett within the Peter Jackson adaptation) and Markella Kavenagh, who performs the adventurous ‘Nori’ Brandyfoot.
LOS ANGELES: Amazon head honcho Jeff Bezos thanked ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ showrunners Patrick McKay and John D. Payne on the UK premiere of the Amazon Prime Video sequence on Tuesday night time – for ignoring his notes on the present.
“Every showrunner’s dream – and I mean every showrunner – their dream is to get notes on scripts and early cuts from the founder and executive chairman,” Bezos quipped whereas introducing the primary two episodes of the sequence.
“They loved that. I need to thank you both for listening whenever it helped but mostly I need to thank you for ignoring me at exactly the right times.”
Bezos additionally shared that there had been reservations about choosing McKay and Payne, who’ve only a handful of credit between them, to helm the eye-wateringly costly blockbuster sequence, saying: “One of the most effective selections we made was to guess on this comparatively unknown staff. Some individuals even questioned our selection. But we noticed one thing particular.
“J.D., Patrick, thank you for taking this on and putting your whole selves into it. Everybody here in this audience, you are all about to see that we made the right choice.”
In a uncommon speech, the Amazon head informed the viewers, which included Tokien’s grandson Michael Tolkien, Amazon Studio boss Jennifer Salke, head of tv Vernon Sanders, castmembers, press and even some followers wearing full Middle Earth cosplay, that he himself first grew to become enamoured with the fantasy books as a teen and that his Tolkien-obsessed son had warned him to not “eff up” the sequence.
“My grandfather’s the one who introduced me to Tolkien,” mentioned Bezos.
“I fell in love immediately, I was probably 13 or 14 years old. I fell in love with the adventure of course, with the detailed universe, with the feelings of hope and optimism, with the idea that everybody has a role to play. And I’m happy to report that that cycle continues today. My kids have become Tolkien fans as well.”
“In fact, one of my boys I think approaches the level of a Tolkien scholar, he knows so much about this universe. And after Amazon got involved in this project, my son came up to me one day, he looked me in the eyes, very sincerely, and he said: ‘Dad, please don’t eff this up’. And he was right. We know that this world is important to so many people, we know it’s a privilege to work inside this world and we know it’s a big responsibility.”
Salke additionally took the stage earlier than the present screened to thank Bezos, the solid and crew and particularly the Tolkien property “for their trust and partnership.”
It is known that Amazon Studios struck a deal immediately with the Tolkien property to license the IP, enabling them to bypass the Saul Zaentz Company, who till final month managed all of the display screen rights aside from tv sequence greater than eight episodes lengthy. The Prime Video sequence consists of eight episodes.
Also strolling the purple carpet on the London premiere have been castmembers together with Sir Lenny Henry, who performs Sadoc Burrows, Morfydd Clark, who performs the elf Galadriel (the youthful model of the character performed by Cate Blanchett within the Peter Jackson adaptation) and Markella Kavenagh, who performs the adventurous ‘Nori’ Brandyfoot.
