What to watch after the end of the series? The screenwriter of "Game of Thrones" joins the TV series of "Lord of the Rings"

The final season of Game of Thrones aired on Monday (May 20). Although it was criticized by netizens at home and abroad for its bad ending, the TV series has ended. After the end of Game of Thrones, will there be another big TV series? Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series is waiting for everyone. According to Variety, Brian Cogman, the screenwriter of Game of Thrones, has joined the crew of Lord of the Rings.

Brian Cogman

Brian Cogman, who previously served as the screenwriter and co-producer of "Game of Thrones", has signed on to Amazon's "Lord of the Rings" crew. Brian Cogman has previously created 11 episodes of "Game of Thrones" in 8 years. The last time he participated in the script writing of "Game of Thrones" was the second episode of Season 8. In addition, Brian Cogman will also write the script for Disney's live-action version of "The Sword in the Stone".

Fans of "The Lord of the Rings" series should be well aware that the story background time of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the later "The Hobbit" are all in the Third Age of Middle-earth. The story of this TV series takes place in the Second Age and will tell the three stories of "The Rise of Sauron", "The Founding of Arnor and Gondor" and "The Alliance of Elves and Humans to Fight against the Lord of the Darkness".

The Lord of the Rings will focus on the island of Númenor, which is considered the birthplace of the greatest human civilization (the Dunedin in the movie). Númenor was described as a lost civilization in the Third Age, which is the story of The Lord of the Rings. When most people on the island stopped worshipping Ilúvatar and rebelled against the lesser gods, the Dunedin on the island of Númenor split. This eventually led to the destruction of the island of Númenor and the death of most of the Dunedin. Fans will see some of the past of the Dunedin in the show.

According to previous reports, the TV series "The Lord of the Rings" cost as much as $500 million for two seasons, which is almost twice the production cost of the movie trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" ($281 million), and also surpasses "Game of Thrones" (the production cost per episode is about $15 million).

The show is still in preparation. It has been officially confirmed that it will be filmed for 5 seasons and is expected to start filming in 2020.