![]() Many of these plot-lines will have to play-out in isolation before the war causes them to intersect, and as such as said to have separate units producing them. Ī leaked story synopsis also points in this direction, as well as towards concurrent events in other realms of Middle-earth, namely Númenor, Moria, and Lindon: the former experiencing a debate in the royal courtyard (headed by the unwed Tar-Telperiën and her nephew and heir, Minastir) regarding intervention in Elvish affairs (as well the state of affairs in their Enedwaith port, Lond Daer, under attacks by the native Gwathuirim), and the latter two (led by Gil-galad and Durin III, respectively) trying to maintain their foreign relations with Eregion as it falls under Annatar's influence, and then fending his forces off during the War of Sauron and the Elves. ![]() The earlier of the two epochs is centered around the forging of the Rings of Power in Eregion, whereby Sauron (disguised as Annatar) convinces Celebrimbor and the Mirdain guild to forge Rings of Power, against the advice of Galadriel and Gil-galad: in some versions of the story, Annatar even convinces the conflicted Celebrimbor to lead a coup that ousts Galadriel. Both periods do not feature an adventure story, but rather Machiavellian drama. Whether and how the two periods will be combined is unknown. However, recent character leaks show that the cast will feature characters from a much later period in the Second Age, such as Elendil and Isildur. A preliminary interactive map, featured on the Amazon Prime Video site, seems to point towards the show being set in the mid-Second Age, circa SA 1500- 1701. The plot will cover events of the Second Age. įirst look image, released by Amazon on August 2, 2021 The Tolkien Estate will reportedly have veto-power "on strategy and on vision" and will maintain the "main shape of the Second Age". In January 2020, Amazon announced that the first season would consist of eight episodes. ![]() The show is projected to progress at least five seasons, each possibly with its own title, and a spinoff over a period of eight to ten years and, as of November 2019, the first two seasons have been greenlit. Indeed, a first-look image seems to showcase the city of Tirion, possibly as a flashback to Galadriel's youth, which is said to entail an appearance by her brother (probably Finrod) and her crossing of the Grinding Ice. Amazon cannot use the events of the Third Age, while events from the First Age could only "be mentioned at the most if they explain the events of the Second Age", unless they are taken directly from mentions in The Lord of the Rings or other material that Amazon had licensed. The series will explore times millennia before the years of J.R.R. The first season's budget is around $650 million NZD. ![]() Bayona helming the two-part pilot episode out of a first season of eight episodes, to be followed by four more seasons (the next two of which have already been greenlit) and a possible spinoff show. The show's first season concluded filming in New Zealand in July 2021, with J.A. It is a Machiavellian drama, led by Morfydd Clark as a younger Galadriel and Robert Aramayo as Elrond. Though ubiquitously called a Lord of the Rings series, it will cover a time-span of Middle-earth's history in the Second Age, long before the setting of Tolkien's popular trilogy and before, but apparently in continuity with, the film trilogy. ![]() The first season is scheduled to premiere on September 2, 2022. Tolkien's writings, under production by Amazon's film and TV division, alongside Warner Brothers, HarperCollins, New Line Cinema, and the Tolkien Estate. Amazon's Middle-earth TV series (nicknamed LOTRonPrime on official social media ) is a forthcoming adaptation of J.R.R. ![]()
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