The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a video.
Amazon has been hyping its Lord of the Rings TV series for a while now, but details have been scarce. The name of the series was finally announced this week, as Amazon released its first video.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a series.
The title ties in with the time period in which the show is set. The series is set in the Second Age, the era preceding the events in author J.R.R. Tolkien's most famous books.
The subject of much drama in the books and films is the fact that some of the rings of power in Middle Earth were controlled by Sauron.
The story of how those leaders fell to Sauron's forces will be told in this series. That assumption is backed up by a statement from the series' writers.
This is a title that could live on the spine of a book, next to J.R.R. Tolkien's other classics. The rise of the Dark Lord Sauron is one of the major stories of Middle-earth's Second Age. Until now, audiences have only seen the story of the One Ring, but before there was one, there were many, and we are excited to share the epic story of them all.
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If you're looking for more information or actual footage, the video isn't much help. It is similar to a modern prestige-TV credits sequence and depicts the forging of one of the rings of power. If you've read the books or seen other adaptions, the voiceover will tell you that famous quote.
There are three rings for the Elven kings. The Dwarf-lords have halls of stone. Nine men are doomed to die. One for the Dark Lord on his throne in the dark land of Mordor.
Amazon has been using genre content to bolster its Prime Video service. Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time books were the basis for a series that was recently released on Amazon.
Amazon is moving forward with a TV adaptation of the Fallout franchise, and a recent report claimed that Amazon is close to landing a deal to adapt Mass Effect.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has premiere dates. It will be available on Amazon Prime Video on September 2, 2022.
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