The company is plotting a TV series as well as a movie and video game. ![]() Sources also say Amazon’s recent deal to land rights to Tomb Raider was the second most the streamer has spent on rights, following LOTR. ![]() The streamer spent $250 million just to secure global TV rights to the franchise. Amazon has already invested more than half a billion dollars on its Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power. The decision to bring back League for an abbreviated final season comes as Amazon - which, like other streamers, does not release traditional viewership data - has continued to spend big on well-known IP. Sources say a wrap-up movie was also considered for the series. Producers Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to League, also negotiated a reduced licensing fee as Amazon sought to cut the show’s overall price tag and budget for a possible second season. Sources say Graham - who has had a first-look deal with Amazon dating back to 2017 with work on Alpha House and Mozart in the Jungle - and Jacobson pushed hard for the League renewal. In addition to featuring stories of queer players from the league, the Amazon take also examines the plight of Black women who were not permitted to join the league and were part of another contingent of teams that traveled the country. The series starring Jacobson, D’Arcy Carden, Chante Adams, Melanie Field and Kate Berlant builds on the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nods to sexuality and racism that were briefly featured in Marshall’s movie. The duo also recruited several members of the former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League to serve as advisers - including the legendary Maybelle Blair, who at age 95 came out as gay during the press tour for the show. Graham and Jacobson received Marshall’s blessing on their updated take before she passed away. In the works since early 2018, Graham (Amazon’s recently launched Daisy Jones & The Six) recruited Jacobson ( Broad City) for the more modern take on Marshall’s beloved 1992 feature film that starred Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna, Rosie O’Donnell and Tom Hanks. Reps for Amazon and Sony declined to comment as deals have not yet been completed for what sources say will be billed as a “limited series.” 'Daisy Jones & The Six' Showrunners on Depicting Women in the '70s, the Final Concert and That Hopeful Ending
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