Amazon Studios shared its first picture of its upcoming untitled “Lord of the Rings” sequence, due on its streaming service Sept. 2, 2022.
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The most costly tv present in historical past has wrapped its first season.
Amazon Studios’ “Lord of the Rings” sequence — which reportedly price a whopping $465 million to make — accomplished filming in New Zealand Monday. Whereas the present doesn’t have a title as of but, it does have a launch date: Sept. 2, 2022.
Helmed by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, the sequence is about throughout creator J.R.R. Tolkien’s second age, a interval of Center-earth historical past 1000’s of years earlier than the occasions of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
Plot particulars are scarce, however Amazon has mentioned the present will comply with an ensemble forged of characters. People who have learn Tolkien’s “Silmarillion” will know that Sauron, the primary villain within the theatrical movies, rose to energy through the second age and secretly cast the One Ring.
“As Bilbo says, ‘Now I feel I’m fairly able to go on one other journey,'” Payne and McKay mentioned in a joint assertion Monday. “Dwelling and respiratory Center-earth these many months has been the journey of a lifetime. We can not look ahead to followers to have the prospect to take action as effectively.”