The Lord of the Rings TV show’s eye-watering budget has been defended by Amazon.
It’s worth noting that Amazon paid $250m (£176m) for rights to JRR Tolkien’s source material, bringing their current overall Lord of the Rings investment to $715m.
She admitted that “a lot” of people “need to watch” the show for Amazon to make its money back.
In November 2017, the streaming service made a five season production commitment worth at least $1bn (£704.4m).