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.“This is a new story for most who are going to be watching it. We weren’t interested in a nostalgia play,” said Showrunner Patrick McKay at the Television Critics Tour Friday. “We felt that this show had to earn its place on the start, rise or fall on its own merits.
There are different stories that you’ve seen before.”“This is before Frodo, before the rings, the time during which the rings of power were forged,” added Showrunner J.D.
Payne.Premiering Sept. 2, the series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth — thousands of years before the events of the Lord of the Rings films and the novels.
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