Tag: Amazon
A Horse Has Died on the Set of The Rings of Power
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 31, 2023 | 0
On March 21st, Amazon released a statement confirming the tragic passing of a horse on the set of their production of The Rings of Power. Very little information regarding this death has been released, with the exception of the initial report that cardiac arrest was to blame. In a public release fro...
Read MoreWitcher S3 to Deviate More from the Books Despite Previous Claims
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 8, 2023 | 0
It was only a few short months ago when Netflix’s Witcher showrunner, Lauren Hissrich, claimed that season 3 would be “the closest thing that we’ve done as a one-to-one adaptation of the books.” Such wild claims had been made about every new season of the main series as well as at the releas...
Read MoreWarner Bros. vs. Amazon – The Battle for Lord of the Rings
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Mar 3, 2023 | 0
Despite the best efforts of both Warner Bros. and Amazon, the Tolkien fanbase is still strong, the books fueling a passion unrivaled by any other franchise. While the fans of the books and the world have been consistently strong, the quality of the live-action interpretations of this literary univer...
Read MoreREVIEW: Carnival Row – Season 2, Episodes 3 and 4, “The Martyr’s Hand” and “An Unkindness of Raven”
***SPOILERS*** “The Martyr’s Hand” opens on Tourmaline as he learns Dahlia’s fate. The police arrive at the scene and merely mock the victims, insinuating they deserved it. Millworthy asks Philo to hold off on his plan while he enacts one of his own, seeing weakness in the Ch...
Read MoreNetflix’s Witcher Universe Expansion Reconfirmed with Riff Raff
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Feb 13, 2023 | 0
After the universally panned atrocity that was The Witcher: Blood Origin and the backlash to Henry Cavill’s recasting, the future of Netflix’s Witcher universe was thrown into question, rightfully so. Many commentators theorized that the spin-offs would be canceled and the series would only endu...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2, Episodes 10, 11 and 12, “The Killbox”,”Belly of the Beast”, and “The Hope Devourer”
***SPOILERS*** “The Killbox” opens with Keyleth, Vex, Vax, and Percy arriving in Whitestone and discovering that Alura and Gilmore have found a way to keep it hidden. Alura uses a spell to check on the others, alarming the team by informing them that Grog is in great danger. Meanwhile, G...
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