Amazon has found the right person to guide its forthcoming Lord of the Rings series. This week, Deadline announced director J.A. Bayona had been secured as the series director. Bayona will oversee direction on the series' first two episodes, establishing the look and feel of the series as well as setting the course for the rest of the season's direction. Bayona will be the second director to bring author J.R.R. Tolkien's work to life, following in the footsteps of director Peter Jackson who helmed a trilogy based on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings novels …
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