Everything We Know About THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER
Get ready to return to the world of Middle-earth. With the 20th anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring, the first movie of Peter Jackson’s beloved trilogy, we’re looking ahead to a new series from Amazon Studios. Their series, however, goes into the past. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power serves as a prequel to the events we all know from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The books take place in Middle-earth’s Third Age. The Rings of Power will unfold in the Second Age. Here’s everything we know about The Lord of the Rings TV series so far.
Title
We learned the title for The Lord of the Rings TV series in January: The Rings of Power. Amazon’s really leaning into what people know about Middle-earth. The focus is on the titular rings in The Lord of the Rings.
The Rings of Power‘s Plot
As mentioned, the series takes place in the Second Age. We’ll see the forging of the 20 rings of power. That includes three for elves, seven for dwarves, nine for mortal men, and one for Sauron. So, we know we’ll see Sauron’s rise to power. The show will also feature the epic tale of Númenor and the Last Alliance of elves and men.
Prime Video’s official synopsis for The Rings of Power follows:
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. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and one of the greatest villains that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
We have a single image from the series so far:
We don’t have any details about the image. But we think the figure stands in front of Númenor. It all definitely feels of Middle-earth.
Behind the Scenes
Like The Lord of the Rings movies, The Rings of Power films in New Zealand. “As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff,” said Payne and McKay in a statement.
Production began in 2020 for the series, which Amazon calls a “multi-season drama.” Amazon outbid Netflix to obtain rights to make the series for $250 million 2017. The deal included a five-season commitment, but Amazon has only formally renewed The Rings of Power for season two. We don’t yet know how many episodes season one includes.
The series is led by showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. They are joined by executive producers Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, J.A. Bayona, Belén Atienza, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, Gennifer Hutchison, Bruce Richmond, and Sharon Tal Yguado, and producers Ron Ames and Christopher Newman. Wayne Che Yip is co-executive producer and directs along with J.A. Bayona and Charlotte Brändström.
The Rings of Power‘s Cast
We know several cast members, but for the most part we don’t know who they are playing. The announced cast includes Robert Aramayo, Joseph Mawle, Morfydd Clark, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Daniel Weyman, Maxim Baldry. In December, a press release announced further additions to the cast: Peter Mullan, Sir Lenny Henry, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Benjamin Walker, Geoff Morrell, Kip Chapman, Thusitha Jayasundera, Maxine Cunliffe, Trystan Gravelle, Anthony Crum, Peter Tait, Fabian McCallum, Simon Merrells, Lloyd Owen, Augustus Prew, Alex Tarrant, Leon Wadham, Sara Zwangobani, Ian Blackburn, Charles Edwards, Will Fletcher, Amelie Child-Villiers, and Beau Cassidy.
We’ll update character information as we learn it.
The Rings of Power‘s Release Date
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power arrives on Prime Video on September 2, 2022.
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