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07.06.2022 - 05:15 / justjared.com
The showrunner for The Lord of The Rings: Rings of Power is spilling details about the upcoming fantasy series on Prime Video.
Showrunner JD Payne opened up to Empire magazine about the upcoming show, which will debut in September on the streamer, and revealed brand new details about the plans for the series.
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JD shared that Prime Video “knew from the beginning that was the size of the canvas…this was a big story with a clear beginning, middle and end.”
“There are things in the first season that don’t pay off until Season 5. We even know what our final shot of the last episode is going to be.”
That being said, JD added that the show will follow author J. R. R. Tolkien’s wish to “leave behind a mythology that ‘left scope for other minds and hands, wielding the tools of paint, music, and drama’.”
“It was like Tolkien put some stars in the sky and let us make out the constellations,” JD continued. “We’re doing what Tolkien wanted. As long as we felt like every invention of ours was true to his essence, we knew we were on the right track.”
Fellow showrunner Patrick McKay also called The Rings of Power the product of being “stewards” to the source material.
“The pressure would drive us insane if we didn’t feel like there was a story here that didn’t come from us. It comes from a bigger place,” he shared. “We trust those ideas so deeply, because they’re not ours. We’re custodians, at best.”
Here’s the official synopsis for the upcoming series: “Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.”
The series will star Ismael Cruz Cordova, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert
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