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GoT changed that perception, even if the fantasy shows that emerged in its wake - The Shannara Chronicles and Shadowhunters for example - proved closer in story quality to the BeastMaster television series.īut The Lord of the Rings and the Game of Thrones prequels are not the only promising fantasy series in development at the moment. Xena: Warrior Princess was an outlier in terms of quality storytelling, but its occasionally cheesy effects proved to the television executives that fantasy TV was too expensive, while other series proved it was often built on poor story standards. Prior to that, fantasy was relegated to syndicated fare like Conan the Adventurer and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It may be strange to think of it now, but Game of Thrones was a risky proposition when HBO first began development of the series, and its prospects were buoyed by the fact that its more fantastic elements appeared later in the narrative (we had to wait so long for those dragons). It’s a big change from the genre’s historical position in the medium. Witness the buzz around The Lord of the Rings television series in development at Amazon - acquired for $250 million and expected to ultimately cost more than $1 billion - along with the Gormenghast series announced in 2018 by FreemantleMedia North America, and HBO’s endless plans for the Game of Thrones world. TV is set for an onslaught of high-profile fantasy epics in the next few years, and we at Rotten Tomatoes can’t wait.

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