Jeff Bezos Makes Surprise Appearance At Global ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Premiere, Reveals He Gave Notes To Showrunners As Battle Of The Prequels Rages Between Amazon & HBO

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Jeff Bezos made a surprise appearance at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power global premiere last night, joking about his notes to showrunners and son’s “Don’t f*ck it up” advice as the battle of the tentpole prequels between Amazon Prime Video and HBO’s House of the Dragon hots up.Demonstrating the importance of the new show to the overall Amazon business, the Founder and Executive Chairman made the trip to the global premiere in London’s Leicester Square for the most expensive TV show of all time, alongside Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke, Lord of the Rings showrunners Patrick McKay and.

J.D. Payne and the majority of cast and crew.In his tribute to McKay and Payne, Bezos, who was introduced to Lord of the Rings writer J.R.R.

Tolkien’s books by his grandfather, thanked them for “ignoring me at exactly the right times” when he was giving notes on early scripts.“Every showrunners’ dream is to get notes and early scripts and cuts from the Executive Chairman, they just love that,” he joked. “I want to thank you both for listening whenever it helped but mostly I need to thank you for ignoring me at exactly the right times.”Although some people “questioned the choice” of showrunners, he said “one of the best decisions we made was to bet on this relatively unknown team because we saw something special.” The pair have been writing together for 20 years but don’t have a huge amount of major credits.Bezos also revealed his son’s advice.“My kid is a huge Tolkien fan and after Amazon got involved he came up to me, looked me in the eye and said ‘Dad, please don’t f*ck this up’.”Bezos concluded swiftly with a Tolkien quote, proclaiming: “Not all those who wander are lost.”In her introductory speech, Salke thanked Bezos for