Amazon

Amazon Taps ‘Game Of Thrones’ EP Bryan Cogman For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Prequel

Amazon has tapped one of the hottest creatives in TV for its forthcoming Lord Of The Rings prequel series.

Bryan Cogman, who has worked on the HBO fantasy epic Game Of Thrones for the past eight seasons — starting out as an assistant to showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and rising to the role of co-executive producer — has joined the Lord Of The Rings project, Deadline reports. Cogman — who wrote 11 episodes of the recently-concluded Thrones, which is more than any writer other than Benioff and Weiss — singed an overall deal with Amazon last September.

It’s unclear in what capacity Cogman will contribute to the forthcoming Rings

series. Last July, Amazon named the two showrunners for Rings: JD Payne and Patrick McKay, who have worked with major studios like Paramount and Disney.

Subscribe to get the latest creator news

Subscribe

Amazon has said that there is no timetable for its Lord Of The Rings project, for which it paid a reported $250 million to license and represents its most ambitious programming bet to date. The series, produced in conjunction with J.R.R. Tolkien‘s estate, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema will explore storylines preceding the events in Tolkien’s The Fellowship Of The Ring book.

Share
Published by
Geoff Weiss

Recent Posts

Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: A clean World Cup sweep

'Tis the season for festive holiday beverages, and some of YouTube's biggest channels are raising…

4 hours ago

Arizona State University breaks barriers with a BA in content creation

Collegiate undergrads are eager to study the psychology, craft, and business of the creator profession. Arizona…

8 hours ago

Zohran Mamdani and creators are popular for the same reason: candor

On July 27, the office of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani published a short video that…

9 hours ago

After hosting another hit concert, Roblox gets more music rights for creators

Roblox wants to be more than just a game-building platform. It wants to become the place…

11 hours ago

YouTube Premium subscribers will get Peacock for free thanks to a first-of-its-kind deal

YouTube is the U.S.'s biggest streaming platform. And while some competitors are out to beat…

1 day ago

MIPCOM Cannes is bringing in microdramas

When we chatted with MIPCOM Director Lucy Smith in January about the long-running TV trade…

1 day ago