
Elrond goes from being optimistic and eager to world-weary and closed-off throughout the series. Robert Aramayo as Elrond: a half-Elven architect and politician.Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow: a curious Harfoot.

Markella Kavenagh as Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot: a Harfoot with a "yearning for adventure".Dylan Smith as Largo Brandyfoot: a Harfoot and Nori's father.Sara Zwangobani as Marigold Brandyfoot: a Harfoot and Nori's stepmother.the little people in this world provide comedy but also get to be incredibly brave". Henry described the Harfoots as "the traditional Tolkien little guy. Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows: a Harfoot elder.The showrunners based her depiction on a letter in which Tolkien described a young Galadriel as being of " Amazon disposition". Morfydd Clark as Galadriel: an Elven warrior who believes evil is returning to Middle-earth.

Main article: List of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power characters These events take place over thousands of years in Tolkien's original stories but are condensed for the series. It begins during a time of relative peace and covers all the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age: the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men.
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Set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the series is based on author J. The second season is expected to be released in 2024. Amazon said the season was the most-watched of any Prime Video original series, and it received generally positive reviews from critics. The rest of the eight-episode first season ran until October 14. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiered on September 1, 2022, with its first two episodes. Amazon moved production for future seasons to the United Kingdom, where filming for the second season took place from October 2022 to June 2023 (finishing during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike).

Bear McCreary composed the series' score.Ī large international cast was hired, and filming for the eight-episode first season took place in New Zealand, where the films were produced, from February 2020 to August 2021 (with a production break of several months during that time due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Despite this, the production intended to evoke the films using similar production design, younger versions of characters from the films, and a main theme by Howard Shore who composed the music for both trilogies. Per the requirements of Amazon's deal with the Tolkien Estate, it is not a continuation of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. Tolkien's grandson Simon Tolkien was consulted on the development of the series. The series is primarily based on the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, which include discussion of the Second Age. This would make it the most expensive television series ever made. It is produced by Amazon Studios in association with New Line Cinema and in consultation with the Tolkien Estate.Īmazon bought the television rights for The Lord of the Rings from the Tolkien Estate in November 2017, making a five-season production commitment worth at least US$1 billion. Tolkien, the series is set thousands of years before Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and depicts the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age. Based on the novel The Lord of the Rings and its appendices by J. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J.
