In today’s Fix of entertainment news:
Warner Bros. has made a deal with Lord of the Rings license holders Embracer Group to bring more movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s works to life. This continues new WB Discovery head David Zaslav’s desire for the movie studio to focus on its established franchises. These new adaptations will come in addition to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power from Amazon. And speaking of adaptations, fans of Stephen King’s IT will return to the cursed town of Derry in the IT prequel series, Welcome to Derry. The show will be produced by IT director and producer duo Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti, with King’s blessing. The show will be set up at HBO Max. And we’ll take a look at one of the characters from “Redemption Reapers”, and it’s all presented by Binary Haze.