The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV Thread

[David76]

Full name of the series is...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Opening titles.



The series starts on September 22nd.

 

[Dylan]

More details. Some reports are listing the premiere on September 2, 2022.

The Lord of the Rings on Amazon will have 8 Episodes for the first season and the first 3 episodes will have a running time of almost 2 hours The lotr series will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 2, 2022.

This is a title that we imagine could live on the spine of a book next to J.R.R. Tolkien's other classics. 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," said Showrunners J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay. "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.

 

[hannah]

Some reports are listing the premiere on September 2, 2022.

Premieres on September 2nd.

 

[Pip]

Looking forward to this. Hopefully, they don't mess this up.

 

[Deleted member 63]

My concern would be that a series of this scope is going to require a few seasons, maybe as long as or longer than Game of Thrones. Is Amazon going to be patient enough to let it play out for that long or drop it like a hot potato at the first sign of trouble. That said, the Second Age is an era in Middle Earth history that even Tolkien kind of neglected so this could be interesting. I am wavering on whether to keep Prime or go back to NF once The Sandman comes out and this might be what would keep me on Prime (I find it hard to justify having more than one streaming service when I don't watch them much anyhow).

 

[Tom]

Very cool



'THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER' will follow all of 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
• The Last Alliance of Elves and Men

 

[Welshy]

It is great that they are doing the Second Age, a really interesting timeline of the story so will be good to see how they portray it.

 

[Gemma]

Excited but slightly nervous about this at the same time!

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Teaser Trailer | Prime Video

• Gemma
• 14 Feb 2022

A new legend begins September 2, 2022 only on Prime Video. #LOTRonPrime #LOTR #LOTRROP---About...

 

[Tom]

Excited but slightly nervous about this at the same time!

The teaser looked better than I expected. The CGI climbing scene was bad, the rest was fine.

I was reading an article about this in Eily's Vanity Fair magazine, this bit encouraged me about the overall production and quality...

McKay explains that they tailored the dialogue to fit each kind of character. The harfoots speak with an Irish lilt whereas the elves speak in elevated British phrases. "We even came up with hero meters for each different race in Tolkien," Payne says. "Some of them will speak in iambs. Some of them will speak in dactyls. Some of them will speak in trochees." That in-depth approach might please Professor Tolkien, whose specialty was philology, a.k.a. the history of language.