Rings of Power

Jeff Bezos spent a billion dollars on this Lord of the Rings series – it looks flashy, the dialogue's clunky, but I've been a Tolkien nerd since I was 15 ...

Several thousand years before Bilbo and Frodo, Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) is determined to hunt down her great enemy, Sauron — but her prey is elusive.

The Lord of the Rings prequel is Amazon's most expensive show to date – but can it be the hit the streamer needs? On the basis of two episodes, the jury's ...

Amazon Prime's return to Middle Earth is a billion dollars well spent as we learn about the early(ish) years of Galadriel and Elrond.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER expands British author J.R.R. Tolkien's rich fantasy world of Middle Earth with the Amazon Prime Video series ...

[Amazon Prime](/latest/amazon-prime) Video will be dropping the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power tomorrow (September 2) with the rest of the series arriving weekly. The Rings of Power takes place in the Second Age (SA) of Middle Earth which lasted a total of 3,441 years. The Fall of Númenor came in S.A. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER expands British author J.R.R. Many fans are curious to know when exactly the new series is set - Express.co.uk takes a look. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer from Amazon

The new series is part of the expansive world created by J.R.R Tolkien across several books, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.

Sauron, who appeared in The Lord of the Rings as a flaming red eye, is still the big bad. However, as Amazon has only acquired the rights for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, none of the stories from either Unfinished Tales or The Silmarillion will feature in the new series. [Galadriel and Elrond](https://ew.com/tv/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-character-guide/), here much younger than they appeared in the films. While his estate is known to be protective (and litigious) over the original works, Tolkien stated that he wanted In light of that, he would probably have been delighted to see his creation still so beloved and still expanding. From the challenges of beginning a career and taking care of our mental health, to the excitement of starting a family, adopting a pet or just making friends as an adult. Arda starts as a flat disc and evolves into something more recognisably planet-like over the course of cataclysmic events during repeated battles between forces of good and evil. In Tolkien’s world, moral courage is just as important, if not more so, than physical prowess for the enduring heroes of Middle-earth. [This article is part of Quarter Life](https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/quarter-life-117947?utm_source=TCUK&utm_medium=linkback&utm_campaign=UK+YP2022&utm_content=InArticleTop), a series about issues affecting those of us in our twenties and thirties. For a newcomer to the wonderful world of Middle-earth, the universe created by the British author and academic J.R.R. Along the way, he finds a ring that gives him the power of invisibility. So if you want to watch the series and keep up with inevitable social media debates, here is a guide to this sprawling world to initiate newcomers to Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a prequel to the beloved JRR Tolkien trilogy – here is everything you need to know about it.

- Maxim Baldry (Years and Years) - Lenny Henry (Harry Potter) - Charles Edwards (The Crown) - Peter Mullan (Harry Potter) - Benjamin Walker (In the Heart of the Sea) - Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Arrow)

Amazon's new Lord Of The Rings TV show, The Rings Of Power, debuts on Amazon Prime Video tonight. Here's five good reasons to tune in.

Amazon has adapted the appendices to The Silmarillion, and the only way to do that and make it a palatable TV show is to make a lot of changes. Some of these mysteries include a mysterious stranger encountered by some of our heroes, who may or may not be connected to The Lord Of The Rings. I’ll be recapping each episode as we go as well, so be sure to [follow me here on this blog](https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/#196d790943ab) and on It’s simply outstanding, adding layers of drama and emotion to the show that simply wouldn’t exist without it. Could he already be there right before our noses, hiding in plain sight disguised as one of the characters? The good news is that this show, at least in its first two episodes, stays faithful to Tolkien’s themes, if not the letter of his writing. The Rings Of Power is anything but cheap. Galadriel, Elrond, Durin, Bronwyn and and every other character introduced in the sprawling two-episode premiere already have my attention. Everything from the special effects to the wildly detailed costumes is extraordinary. It’s one of the best-looking TV shows I’ve ever seen. I entered a skeptic, but walked away a believer. Here are five.

Executive producer Lindsey Weber talks about where “Rings of Power” fits into J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology, and how it hopes to appeal to newbies as well as ...

Q: What is at stake in “The Rings of Power”? Were viewers like that considered when creating “The Rings of Power?” We know what the last shot of the series will be. It is the rise of the dark lord Sauron. [“The Rings of Power”] is really the length of three feature tent-pole films shot on the schedule of two for the price of one. It’s a very different time for the people of Middle-earth in the Second Age. Q: “The Rings of Power” reportedly had an enormous budget. A: The rings of power takes place in the Second Age, which is thousands of years before the events of the Third Age, which most people know — Frodo and Bilbo and all of that. It is the rise and fall of Tolkien’s Atlantis, the story of Númenor. It’s based on the appendices, which tell the story of the Second Age. New characters will be introduced, as well as younger versions of immortal characters first met in the original Lord of the Rings trilogy (which is currently streaming on HBO Max, if you’d like a refresher on this world). A: Anyone who has the Lord of the Rings books in their home already has it.

Speaking at the UK premiere of the Amazon Prime Video series – at the Odeon Luxe cinema in Leicester Square, London – Bezos talked about how his children are ...

“In fact one of my boys, I think, approaches the level of a Tolkien scholar he knows so much about this universe,” Bezos said in a rare speech. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply.

For anyone wondering what an £850 million windfall might buy, streaming service Amazon may well have the answer - but only time will tell if the biggest ...

That was our mantra from the beginning: Just go back to the books, go back to the books, go back to the books,' said Payne. It is the beautiful New Zealand scenery, intricate sets and fantastical costumes that are a major highlight of the first two episodes. Sauron, the evil force, is unseen in the first two episodes but a malevolent presence throughout. 'We say Tolkien sort of left a series of stars in the sky. Payne and Patrick McKay have created a five season run based entirely on the author's original appendices and footnotes (pictured: Morfydd Clark as Galadriel and Lloyd Owen as Elendil) By flogging thousands of expensive big screen TVs - so viewers can truly appreciate the full cinematic wonder of this J.R.R. Well, not much in terms of familiarity - with Sir Lenny Henry the only instantly recognisable actor among a cast of comparative unknowns. Unlike the broad landscape of source material plundered by Peter Jackson in his film adaptations of Tolkien's work, producers J. the little people in this world provide comedy but also get to be incredibly brave". Payne and Patrick McKay have created a highly ambitious five season run based entirely on the author's original appendices and footnotes. Payne and Patrick McKay have created a potential - and highly ambitious - five season run based entirely on the author's original appendices and footnotes Unlike the broad landscape of source material plundered by Jackson in his film adaptations of Tolkien's work, producers J.

Bezos thanked showrunners Patrick McKay and John D. Payne for ignoring his notes on the series.

Developed by showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay, the fantasy series, which is released on Prime Video on Friday, begins during a time of relative peace and ...

"For all its diversions, [Jackson's] The Lord of the Rings had a single, simple plot: get the ring in the fire!" The effect is like sticking Richard Burton in an am-dram pantomime." "She is valiant, flawed and haughty, as bloody-minded as she is brilliant, scarred by the horrors of war," she said. "Everything about it is ill-judged to a spectacular extreme," wrote Christopher Stevens. "Instead they're a tight knit group of 'harfoots', an evolutionary predecessor to the creatures we know and love," he explained. "The scene-setting keeps being interrupted by action sequences, like a pointless elf versus dwarf stone-breaking exercise. "It isn't. He added: "The Harfoots' broad comedy is family-friendly but unfunny. But in almost every other way the first two episodes feel like old hat." "There's less of that here. "If that doesn't sound like much fun, wait till you see what she does to a snow troll." Critics have said the opening episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are "dazzling" but "slow".

Jeff Bezos' omnipotent empire has reportedly spent a further $462m on this first season, which averages out at nearly $60m an episode. By comparison HBO's Game ...

[George RR Martin told The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/george-rr-martin-interview-game-of-thrones-b2088451.html) that he hopes both The Rings of Power and House of the Dragon can find an audience and prove that there’s room on television for more than one epic fantasy series. Instead, it’s a spectacle-filled return to a lovingly rendered Middle-earth that promises to deliver an awfully big adventure. There are probably better things the richest man in the world could do with his massive pile of gold, but there are definitely worse. As easy (and fun!) as it is to laugh at the vast sum Bezos handed over for the rights to a relatively minor part of Tolkien’s work, the author’s lengthy appendices to The Lord of the Rings naturally make for rich and fertile storytelling ground. Perhaps we already know more of the characters after all. There’s another couple of stand-out performances from Megan Richards and Markella Kavenagh as the young harfoots who, in the words of Any resemblance to the crop of blonde, headstrong royal warriors currently going at it over on HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon is surely coincidental. The early hero of the show is elven princess Galadriel, who finds herself the last lone voice refusing to believe villainous sorcerer Sauron is truly defeated. The cinematography is so sprawling and cinematic there’s something bound to be lost on the millions who’ll inevitably end up watching on their phones. In 2017, when [Amazon](/topic/amazon) paid author [JRR Tolkien](/topic/jrr-tolkien)’s estate $250m (£211m) not for the rights to remake Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit but merely to set a story within the author’s fantastical world of Middle-earth, financial observers described the deal as [“insane”](https://deadline.com/2017/11/amazon-the-lord-of-the-rings-tv-series-multi-season-commitment-1202207065/). There are moments when The Rings of Power comes close. [The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ](/topic/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power)sets out its sprawling epic fantasy credentials right from the off: even its title seems like it could be split into multiple instalments.