Sauron’s rise in Season 2 of “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” will start August 29 when the brand new installment of Amazon Prime Video’s fantasy collection based mostly on J.R.R. Tolkien IP arrives on the streamer. Prime Video launched a teaser trailer and behind-the-scenes featurette Monday. Based on components of Tolkien’s posthumous “The Silmarillion,” the collection has a deliberate arc of 5 seasons.
What is ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season 2 about?
The drama collection takes place 1000’s of years earlier than the occasions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” books with an ensemble forged of acquainted faces combined with new characters. Set within the not-for-long peaceable Second Age of Middle Earth, the present marks a first-time enterprise into the difference of Tolkein’s historical past of the fabled interval. Villain Sauron (Charlie Vickers) will likely be “out and about doing his thing” in Season 2.
“We filmed the primary two episodes then went on hiatus, after which with possibly two months to go of the hiatus earlier than beginning episode 3, the showrunners stated ‘We want to have a meeting with you,’” Vickers told Deadline in Episode 8 of the “‘LOTR: The Rings of Power’ After Show ‘Inside the Ring’” after the finale had aired. “They took me into the set that Galadriel discovers in the first episode with the orcs through the walls and Sauron’s sigil on the forge. They took me in there and said ‘This is your world. You’re playing Sauron.’”
Watch the teaser trailer:
Who is creating ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2?
Showrun and govt produced by builders J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” can also be govt produced by Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, and Gennifer Hutchison, together with co-executive producer and director Charlotte Brändström. Kate Hazell and Helen Shang produce too, with co-producers Clare Buxton, Andrew Lee, Glenise Mullins, and Matthew Penry-Davey. Season Two of LOTR: The Rings of Power additionally has enlisted Sanaa Hamri and Louise Hooper amongst its workforce of all-female administrators. Charlotte Brändström, who directed episodes 6 and seven of Season 1, will return as properly.
“We weren’t trying to reproduce what had been seen in the [Peter Jackson] movies, or what was seen by some other concept artist for Tolkien’s work,” manufacturing designer Ramsey Avery stated of the present in an episode of Deadline’s craft collection The Process. “So, it was all coming up with fresh and new ideas that told a very specific story.”
When will Season 2 of ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ be launched?
Season 2 of the fantasy present arrives on Amazon Prime Video August 29. Production on the follow-up installment continued within the UK through the writers strike in the summertime of 2023. The episode launch rollout hasn’t but been outlined, however Season 1 premiered Sept. 1, 2022 with two episodes, adopted by a brand new episode each week till October 24.
How many episodes are in ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2?
Season 2 is seeking to have eight episodes, identical to Season 1.
How to look at ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2:
Both seasons will likely be out there solely by way of Amazon Prime Video.
Which actors will return for ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2?
Alongside Charlie Vickers as Sauron, Morfydd Clark will return as Galadriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir, Ema Horvath as Eärien, Benjamin Walker as High King Gil-Galad, Peter Mullan as King Durin III, Markella Kavenagh as Nori Brandyfoot, Maxim Baldry as Isildur and Sophia Nomvete as Princess Disa to call a number of.
Are there new characters in ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2?
There are new characters, but additionally a traditional character from Tolkien’s books will make his debut within the second installment of the Prime Video collection. Ecclectic Tom Bombadil, who saves the hobbits early on in The Fellowship of the Ring, didn’t make it into Peter Jackson’s trilogy a lot to the chagrin of followers of Tolkien’s books.
Vanity Fair’s unique first look exhibits the brightly clothed woodland dweller, who sings nonsensical songs, portrayed by Rory Kinnear. Tolkien described the ethereal man as “older than the old,” which means he was round when all life started.
Fifteen actors had been added in recurring roles on the finish of 2022.
Sam Hazeldine takes on the function of Orc chief Adar in a recasting within the Prime Video collection, changing Joseph Mawle, who portrayed the character in Season 1. The recasting choice was made months in the past, and Mawle didn’t take part in any of the worldwide promotional occasions for the collection.
Additional new forged members are Gabriel Akuwudike (Hanna), Yasen ‘Zates’ Atour (The Witcher), Ben Daniels (Jupiter’s Legacy), newcomer Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle (Persuasion), and Nicholas Woodeson (Silent Witness). Oliver Alvin-Wilson (The Bay), Stuart Bowman (The Pact), Gavi Singh Chera (The Undeclared War), William Chubb (Vampire Academy), Kevin Eldon (Game of Thrones), Will Keen (Ridley Road), Selina Lo (Boss Level), and Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) additionally joined the collection in December 2022.
How a lot does the collection price to provide?
Season 1 added as much as almoat $700 million, when obtention of the rights from the J.R.R. Tolkien property is factored in. Season 2 has been teased as a lot grittier and darker than Season 1.
Watch a behind-the-scenes featurette: