POWER UP

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER SHOWRUNNERS JD PAYNE AND PATRICK MCKAY PROMISE PLENTY OF TOLKIEN TREATS IN SEASON TWO

TARA BENNETT

IN 2017, WHEN AMAZON ANNOUNCED IT had acquired the rights to make a five-series streaming show set in JRR Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings universe, eyebrows were raised. Peter Jackson’s early noughties trilogy of films remained modern masterpieces, and the seemingly unbeatable benchmark for all Tolkien adaptations. But Amazon stepped up to the challenge, laying out a massive billion dollar (and counting) budget in order to bring to life the pitch of screenwriters JD Payne and Patrick McKay (Godzilla Vs Kong) who wanted to realise the major events of Middle-earth’s Second Age, including Sauron’s machinations to forge the Rings of Power. In 2022, audiences got their first taste of Prime Video’s gorgeously produced The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, an impressively acted production which featured many…

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