Amazon chief Jennifer Salke has revealed the extreme security measures taken to prevent ‘Lord of the Rings’ spoilers from leaking.
The writers from the upcoming series have been locked up and closely guarded in an effort to prevent details being leaked to fans waiting for the show based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy.
Jennifer Salke told The Hollywood Reporter: "They’re [the writers] already generating really exciting material.
"They’re down in Santa Monica. You have to go through such clearance, and they have all their windows taped closed. And there’s a security guard that sits outside, and you have to have a fingerprint to get in there, because their whole board is up on a thing of the whole season."
The first instalment of Peter Jackson’s hugely popular ‘Lord of the Rings’ film franchise hit the big screen in 2001, and now fans are eager to see the epic fantasy works of J.R.R. Tolkien be brought to life on television.
In November 2017, Amazon Studios won the rights to produce at least five seasons.
According to CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, the company is very enthusiastic about the upcoming production.
He said: "We get behind a franchise in a major way. The Tolkiens are coming to New York, all those estate holders. The older ladies, who are now, I think, in their 80s and 90s.
"His daughters and the grandchildren, they’re coming to New York, and Jeff Bezos, me, Jeff Blackburn, a team of us are going and they’ve invited us to a dinner and see [some] creative work that they haven’t shown the world yet."
Production for the new series is expected to start this year.
Amazon chief says Lord of the Rings writers are locked up by security
