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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
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Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth's history.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video.
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PRIMETIME EMMYS® 6X nominee. Set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, this epic drama follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. Books, audiobooks, ebooks, and more. Set thousands of years before the events of ...
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(formerly nicknamed LOTRonPrime) is a series produced by Amazon Studios, alongside New Line Cinema. It is a spin-off of J.R.R. Tolkien's lore of Middle-earth. The first season premiered in September of 2022.
It is set in an alternate Second Age, long before the time-frame of The Lord of the Rings. The series is a political, fantasy drama led by Morfydd Clark as a younger Galadriel with Robert Aramayo as Elrond, retelling the forging of the Great Rings, Downfall of Númenor, and founding of Mordor. The initial two episodes, "A Shadow of the Past" and "Adrift", were released on September 2, 2022 on Prime Video.
The show is projected to progress at least five seasons and some 50-hours of TV over a period of eight to ten years; and, as of November 2019, the first two seasons have been greenlit. In January 2020, Amazon announced that the first season would consist of eight episodes. The Tolkien Estate reportedly has veto-power "on strategy and on vision" and...
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J.R.R. Tolkien never sold the rights to adapt his works for television, having rejected some propositions in 1964 and 1968. Several unlicensed adaptations aired on TV in Eastern Europe, beginning with Sagan om Ringen (1972), but the Tolkien Estate had since taken actions against allowing them to air again outside their countries. United Artists, who acquired the film rights in 1969, were given first bidding at the TV rights but, having failed to mount a successful film adaptation other than Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, had declined to pursue the TV rights. The Rankin/Bass TV Specials were made by exploiting a loophole in the US publication of the books, which temporarily made them public domain states-side. In 1993, an adaptation comprising "two or three films, or an epic television series" was developed but could not get the rights. In 1997, ITV Granada wanted to create a miniseries, but by that point a film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit as a prequel) was underway with director Peter Jackson. The success of Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, followed by The Hobbit trilogy (and a putative "bridge" film pitched by Jackson but never made) reinvigorated interest in the TV rights, although the Tolkien Estate, unsatisfied with the film adaptations up to that point, had declined to relinquish those or any other film rights. Jackson himself, in the audio commentary to the films, jested about a "spinoff TV series." In July 2017, a lawsuit was settled between Warner Brothers, the company behind the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, and the Tolkien Estate. With the two sides "on better terms" following the settlement, they began shopping a potential television series based on Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings books to several outlets, including Amazon, Netflix, and HBO. By September, Amazon had emerged as the frontrunner and entered negotiations for the series in co-operation with Warner Bros. TV. In an uncommon move for programming developments at the studio, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was personally involved with the negotiations; Bezos had previously given Amazon Studios a mandate to develop a fantasy series of comparable scale to HBO's Game of Thrones, which had made the company the lead contender for the project. In November 2017, Amazon Studios secured the rights to make a five-season production with the potential for spin-offs. The rights alone cost $250 million; the first two seasons could cost upwards of $500 million. The deal between Warner Brothers and the Tolkien Estate includes the potential for a spin-off series. New Line, the Warner Bros. division who produced the films, was included in the deal due to the potential for the series to use material from the films, with New Line president Carolyn Blackwood and Warner Bros. Pictures then-chairman Toby Emmerich - both of whom were executive producers on The Hobbit, were brought into the talks. The deal stipulated that production on the series begin within two years. Amazon has no current plans to make any "publishing projects." The deal gave Amazon "access to nearly all of the material in the Middle-earth saga" other than the First Age (except for references that crop-up in The Lord of the Rings) and, reportedly, The Silmarillion, which was the purview of the late Christopher Tolkien. Executive Jennifer Salke described creative discussions with the Tolkien Estate (particularly Simon) as a "partnership" and that they are "really thoughtful and smart." The Estate had met with prospective writers and showrunners, for whom they had approval rights. Around this time, Christopher Tolkien had resigned from heading the Estate and his son, Simon Tolkien (a supporter of the live-action films) had taken up a more active role in it alongside Priscilla Tolkien (who lent her support to Ralph Bakshi in his day), Baillie Tolkien, Michael Tolkien, as well as their attorney, Steven Andrew Maier.
Development
Early during development, it was suggested the show would center around a young Aragorn, a premise that had previously been a part of a possible "The Lord of the Rings prequel" developed but never filmed by WingNut Films. However, around April 2018 it was decided to switch to "the story of Eregion" in the Second Age, in spite of concerns by Amazon that it "covered too long a span." Earlier, on February 13, 2019, Amazon's newly created Twitter account associated with the show posted the quote "I wisely started with a map." taken from Tolkien's Letter 144. Starting on February 15, and ending on March 7, different versions of a map of Middle-earth were released, first without labels, and each successive post including more labels than the previous map, and seemingly dating to a different period in Middle-earth history: mid-Third Age, early Third Age, and late Second Age. final map released on March 7 showed a wider view of Middle-earth, including the island of Númenor and the Elvish realm of Eregion. A different section of the Ring-verse appeared with each successive post, until it was completed with the fifth map. Assistance was given by Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey and artist John Howe in the tailoring of their interactive map. Minor errata on the map were fixed after-the-fact, based on feedback from fans.
Writing
A writers room for the series had begun work in Santa Monica by mid-February 2019. Salke described extensive security measures that were being taken to keep details of this writing secret, including windows being taped closed and a security guard requiring fingerprint clearance from those entering the room. In addition to Payne and McKay, writers on the series include Gennifer Hutchison, Helen Shang, Jason Cahill, Justin Doble, Bryan Cogman, and Stephany Folsom, with Glenise Mullins acting as a consulting writer. The writers room was set to be disbanded once production on the series began, but would be reconvened during the four or five month break in filming that was scheduled following production on the first two episodes. The writers were expected to map out the second season and write the majority of its scripts during this production break.
•Markella Kavenagh, as Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot, a Harfoot hobbit.[165]
•Maxim Baldry, as Isildur.
•Joseph Mawle as Adar, the first season's main antagonist[166]; one of the first Elves to be tortured and corrupted into Orcs by Morgoth. The casting description read "A villain who can also evoke a deep sense of pathos and wounded / fallen nobility. Must possess a certain degree of physicality. Should seem middle-aged, though must also project a sense of timelessness."
•Ema Horvath[167] as Eärien, an original character and daughter of Elendil.[168] She is described as a "pragmatic, clever young woman. She is studious and ambitious. She can be serious but has a quick wit" but also "deeply politically minded, which presents a particular challenge when the political leanings within her own family become increasingly divided…" This political divide had since been clarified as a romantic attachment to Kemen, Pharazôn's son.[169][169]
•Morfydd Clark, as young Galadriel.[170] The role has been described as a "more rebellious"[171] Galadriel,[172][173] who is "commander of the Northern Armies" of Lindon; and as "younger, as angry and brash as she is clever, and certain that evil is looming closer than anyone realizes."
•Robert Aramayo, as Elrond. The role was codenamed as "Beldor"; said to be "an optimistic, intelligent, and political savvy protagonist who is nonetheless more reserved than his on-screen counterparts." Beldor was believed to be Elrond for some time based on Aramayo's resemblance to Hugo Weaving.[174] He is described as a "canny young elven architect and politician." He goes to mend "the relationship between his people and the dwarves of Khazad-dûm."[175] Said to be "just beginning to build his reputation", Elrond "will rise to prominence in the mystical capital of Lindon” and is seen reunited there with Galadriel.
received positive reviews from critics, however it received mixed reviews from audiences and mainly negative reviews from fans. It was heavily criticized for its deviation from the source material, but praised for its cinematography.
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The second season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is based on J. R. R. Tolkien 's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings.
