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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LOTR was based on a trilogy that was finished looking before the movies were made. Starting a TV show and hoping the source material would be finished in time for the end was a, um, bold move.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Even ignoring that, Martin was helping them continue it without a book to base the story on and was pushing for 10 sessions, the show creators wanted to move on and start working on another project instead and we got what we got...

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And they promptly lost said projects.