Of course, with 20 episodes and an entire world to create, the budget is bound to be much higher than any of the streaming service’s other series.
However, it implies that Amazon has a lot of confidence in the series, which has Jurassic World’s J.A. Bayona executive producing the show and directing the first two episodes.
Lord of the Rings, which has been scouting out a variety of locations throughout the current Middle Earth stand-in New Zealand, is also proving to be Amazon’s most expensive show, with a budget of $1 billion.