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Oh, you didn’t think Hollywood had already packed it up for the holiday, did you? Put that sunscreen down because Deadline has some big news for all the Tolkien-heads: Amazon has enlisted J.A. Bayona to direct and executive produce its upcoming The Lord Of The Rings series, based on the classic J.R.R. Tolkien novels that were—uh, doy—previously adapted into a blockbuster trilogy by Peter Jackson. Bayona, who most recently directed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, will direct the first two episodes of the new series. Although Bayona is only tackling two episodes, his direction will establish the look and feel of the series, which is said to “explore new storylines preceding Tolkien’s The Fellowship Of The Ring.”