First Look Photos From Amazon's THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER
Thanks to Vanity Fair, we have a collection of photos to share with you from Amazon’s epic new fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. They offer a first look at several of the main characters that will fill the series. So far, what I’m seeing here looks great! This is going to be a beautifully made series.
This is just a little tease to tide us over until the first trailer for the show debuts during the Super Bowl this Sunday. I’m loving the character designs, the costumes, and the setting of the series! Check out the photos! I can’t wait to see more from this series!
Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) on the battlefield
Elrond (Robert Aramayo)
Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi) and Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova)
Elrond and Galadriel
Bronwyn
Halbrand (Charlie Vickers)
Director J.A. Bayona
Galadriel
Showrunners Patrick McKay (left) and J.D. Payne (right)
Galadriel and Halbrand
Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, Sophia Nomvete as Disa, Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir
The Lord of the Rings “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 the greatest villain 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 re-emergence 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 furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.”
The series comes from showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay who previously said, “The Rings of Power unites all the major stories of Middle-earth’s Second Age: the forging of the rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the epic tale of Númenor, and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Until now, audiences have only seen on-screen the story of the One Ring – but before there was one, there were many… and we’re excited to share the epic story of them all.”
The cast for the series includes Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Budge, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Daniel Weyman, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Maxim Baldry, Ian Blackburn, Kip Chapman, Anthony Crum, Maxine Cunliffe, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Thusitha Jayasundera, Fabian McCallum, Simon Merrells, Geoff Morrell, Peter Mullan, Lloyd Owen, Augustus Prew, Peter Tait, Alex Tarrant, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, and Sara Zwangobani.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 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 series is set to premiere on September 2, 2022.