'The Rings of Power' Details a New Era in Middle-earth: 'Every Good Quest Needs a Fellowship' (Exclusive)

The Lord of the Rings: The is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 2 but eager fans will get a chance to watch the first two episodes on the big screen days before. Amazon teamed up with Cinemark to screen the debut episodes on August 31 for one night only.

statement. “I am thrilled to see what lies in the future for this IP with Freemode and Asmodee as a start within the group.”The rights to the titles were previously owned by The Saul Zaentz Company, after acquiring them from the heirs and estate of J.R.R.

Swedish video game company Embracer Group has acquired Middle-earth Enterprises, a division of The Saul Zaentz Company, which owns the intellectual property catalogue and worldwide rights to The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMorfydd Clark was at the Toronto Film Festival promoting “The Personal History of David Copperfield” when she was told she was cast as Galadriel in the upcoming Amazon series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”“I found out and then I went to a screening and Q&A for ‘David Copperfield,” Clark told me Monday night at the “Rings of Power” premiere at Culver Studios. “I suddenly realized what a big deal it was for me, and I passed out during the Q&A. I was caught by a lovely security guard.”Set thousands of years before the “Lord of the Rings” films, Clark plays the same character portrayed by Cate Blanchett on the big screen.“I knew I was auditioning for an elf but I didn’t know which one,” Clark recalled.

Morfydd Clark has big ears in “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” – she is Elven, after all. Starring as Galadriel in the Prime Video prequel series set thousands of years before the Peter Jackson films (and the original Cate Blanchett performance) that made the character famous, Morfydd said “Rings of Power” felt like an opportunity to put her own stamp on the role.“It’s been really exciting to explore, like when playing a canon character, how they become who you know them to be,” Clark told TheWrap at the series’ red carpet premiere Monday in Los Angeles.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez walked Prime Video’s red carpet. They enjoyed the premiere screening event of “The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power” at The Culver Studios. In addition to Jeff and Lauren, the event also welcomed the project cast, which arrived at the beautifully constructed Middle-earth-themed red carpet, inspired by some of the character costumes in the show.

The Lord Of The Rings game is being developed by the games division of Weta Workshop and being published by Take-Two subsidiary Private Division.The title will be “set in the literary Middle-Earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien,” with Middle-Earth enterprises giving the Weta Workshop game studio “the broadest creative license to interpret the underlying lore of the books.”Weta Workshop is known for its visual effects work on The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, alongside Netflix’s The Witcher and Stranger Things.

There are few series that have been cloaked in as much secrecy as “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Amazon Prime Video acquired the rights in 2017 for a massive $250 million and in the years since all of Hollywood (and “LOTR” fandom) have been curious about the creative direction for the prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal masterwork.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaVerve has promoted Melissa Darman to partner.Darman, who joined Verve in 2014, started her career at ICM before pivoting to the studio system to work in comedy development at ABC Network. She then moved onto Lionsgate before joining Verve, where she has continued to focus on comedy during her time as an agent on the TV literary team.“Working at Verve continues to be rewarding on a daily basis,” Darman said in a statement.

There are few series that have been cloaked in as much secrecy as “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Amazon Prime Video acquired the rights in 2017 for a massive $250 million and in the years since all of Hollywood (and “LOTR” fandom) have been curious about the creative direction for the prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal masterwork.

The showrunners of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power promise their fantasy drama for Amazon Prime will feature all new stories and is not “a reboot or a retread” of what J.R.R. Tolkien fans saw in the movies.

Naman Ramachandran Industry stalwarts including director Cheryl Dunye (“Bridgerton”), actor, writer, director Romola Garai (“The Amulet,” “Becoming Elizabeth”), producer Elizabeth Karlsen (“Mothering Sunday”) and Sky Comedy commissioning editor Tilusha Ghelani have joined the illustrious roster of mentors at The Writers Lab U.K. & Ireland.Now in its second year in the territory, the lab, which supports women and non-binary writers over 40, is set up to discover new writing voices from across Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

House of the Dragon,” the first of what executives dearly hope are many spinoff series from the most gargantuan hit in the network’s history, “Game of Thrones.” HBO certainly wasn’t the only network turning the mid-July gathering into a launching pad for critical new genre television. Amazon Prime Video unveiled its monumentally expensive fantasy series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” over several meticulously choreographed days at Comic-Con. There was a surprise meet-and-greet between 21 members of the cast and J.R.R.

What’s Alfonso Cuarón been up to since his 2018 Netflix film “Roma“? Well, he’s working on his Apple TV+ thriller series “Disclaimer” at the moment, about a TV journalist who discovers that a book that features her as a character also reveals a secret she’s tried to keep hidden. That sounds excellent, especially with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, and Sacha Baron Cohen starring.

What’s Alfonso Cuarón been up to since his 2018 Netflix film “Roma“? Well, he’s working on his Apple TV+ thriller series “Disclaimer” at the moment, about a TV journalist who discovers that a book that features her as a character also reveals a secret she’s tried to keep hidden. That sounds excellent, especially with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, and Sacha Baron Cohen starring.

The official trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinnochio” is here.

Guillermo del Toro's inspired take on a familiar story on Wednesday, as Netflix shared the first teaser trailer for the Oscar-winning director's stop-motion adaptation of Based on the original fairy tale by Carlo Collodi, and set against the backdrop of 1930s Fascist Italy, the animated film is a stark contrast to the live-action Disney adaptation also set to hit the big screen this fall. As Sebastian J.

, led by showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. Based on appendices written by J.R.R.

franchise with a prequel series called. Pulling from the appendices of books, the epic saga will explore a time before the fellowship was formed to destroy the “One Ring” and put an end to Sauron’s reigning evil over Middle-earth. Led by showrunners J.D.