The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Lord of the Rings is a TV adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's writings currently under production by Amazon Studios currently scheduled for release in 2021. Though ubiquitously called a Lord of the Rings series, it will cover a wide time-span of Middle-earth's earlier history, with new invented story-lines.
Plot
The series will explore times before the years of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, but will not touch on the events of The Silmarillion. The plot of the first season will cover events of the Second Age, as revealed through teaser maps posted on Facebook and Twitter in March 2019. In an interview with the German Tolkien Society, scholar Tom Shippey confirmed that the plot can't go before the Second Age and that the first season is supposed to have 20 episodes.[1]
Development & reveals
In November 2017, Amazon Studios secured the rights to make a five-season production with the potential for spin-offs.[2] The deal between Warner Brothers and the Tolkien Estate includes the potential for a spin-off series. 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. The final map released on March 7 showed a wider view of Middle-earth, including the island of Númenor. A different section of the Ring-verse appeared with each successive post, until it was completed with the fifth map.[3]
On 27 July a first video was published in both counts, where they introduced the vast creative team, including artist John Howe, scholar Tom Shippey, showrunners J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay, director J.A. Bayona and many writers.[4]
On September 17, Amazon Studios announced that the series will be filmed in New Zealand.[5]
External links
References
- ↑ Tobias M. Eckrich, "Exclusive interview with Tom Shippey concerning LOTRonPrime" dated 29 July 2024, Deutche Tolkien Gesellschaft (accessed 16 April 2024)
- ↑ Joe Otterson, "‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Moving Forward at Amazon With Multi-Season Production Commitment" dated 13 November 2017, Variety (accessed 16 April 2024)
- ↑ "Amazon Prime’s Middle-earth: our journey so far" dated 21 February 2019, TheOneRing.net (accessed 16 April 2024)
- ↑ "Amazon Prime Introduces their “Fellowship” of Creators" dated 27 July 2024, TheOneRing.net (accessed 16 April 2024)
- ↑ "Amazon Studios Announces New Zealand as Location for Its Upcoming Series Based on The Lord of the Rings" dated 17 September 2024, Amazon (accessed 16 April 2024)
