Amazon Renews THE LORD OF THE RINGS Series for a Second Season
Amazon hasn’t really offered up any real details on what their Lord of the Rings series is going to be, and we have quite a while before the first season even airs. But, they must be loving whatever the creative team has turned in because the streaming service has already renewed the show for a second season!
The series is in pre-production and is set to shoot in New Zealand. As of right now, the cast includes Will Poulter (Midsommar), Maxim Baldry (Years and Years), Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock), and Joseph Mawle (Game of Thornes).
As of right now, all we know is that the show will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s book The Fellowship of the Ring. The series is being developed by writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay, while Game of Thrones alum Bryan Cogman will serve as a consulting producer. J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) is also set to direct multiple episodes.
Amazon has committed to five seasons of the series, and they will spend over a billion dollars bringing the story to life. The show’s official Twitter account sent out an image of a map teasing the setting along with two messages: “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie,” as well as, “Welcome to the Second Age.”
In the Tolkien mythology, the Second Age was the time in which the Rings of Power, including Sauron’s One Ring, came into existence. It was also teased that the film could involve the island of Numenor.
I’m pretty excited to see how this series turns out. I have high hopes that it will be an incredible and epic series that at least hits the standard that was set by Peter Jackson.