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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Trailer Wields More Epic Epicness To Come

If I could open the pages of a book and travel into its setting, visiting Middle-earth would be in my top five destinations. Re-watching the extended versions of The Lord of the Rings movies is one of my favorite things to do and I even enjoyed pieces of The Hobbit films just because I got to go back to Middle-earth. And, come September 1st, thanks to Prime Video, I get to go back again. Unless you are completely oblivious to pop culture and upcoming releases, you should know that The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power series has been happening since 2018. Don’t believe me? Search our website. Set in the Second Age of Middle-earth’s history (thousands of years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings), according to the press releases, this series “follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the […]

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Amazon’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS Series Crews Up With British Chinese Director Wayne Che Yip

British Chinese director Wayne Che Yip (Hunters, Preacher, Channel 4’s Utopia, AMC’s Into The Badlands, Doctor Who, upcoming The Wheel of Time) is joining the creative team behind Amazon Studios’ The Lord Of The Rings Series. Yip will direct four episodes for the new Amazon Original show which is currently filming in New Zealand, and will also serve as co-executive producer. Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona has directed the first two episodes of the series which began shooting back in February, with a cast that currently lists Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Maxim Baldry, Ian Blackburn, Kip Chapman, Anthony Crum, Maxine Cunliffe, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Thusitha Jayasundera, Fabian McCallum, Simon Merrells,​ Geoff Morrell, Peter Mullan, Lloyd Owen, Augustus Prew, Peter Tait, Alex Tarrant, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, and Sara Zwangobani. Amazon Studios’ The Lord Of The Rings series is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Beginning in […]

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