Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power hasn’t even premiered yet, but that won’t stop the showrunners from crafting an impressively detailed roadmap, which even includes the final shot of the multiple season-long show.
According to a report by Empire, the upcoming Prime Video show is roughly 50 hours long and covers a massive scope. Impressively, the show’s plot lines and cinematography have already been planned multiple seasons in advance.
“There are things in the first season that don’t pay off until Season 5,” co-showrunner JD Payne told Empire. “We even know what our final shot of the last episode is going to be.”
Payne also made it clear that the production team wishes to preserve the integrity of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s original novels and is adapting ideas from appendices and footnotes to form the show’s lore.
“We’re doing what Tolkien wanted,” Payne noted. “As long as we felt like every invention of ours was true to his essence, we knew we were on the right track.”
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power is slated to premiere on September 2. The show acts as a prequel for the beloved series, telling the origin stories of Middle-earth’s Second Age, the Dark Lord Sauron, and, of course, the iconic rings.
Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.
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According to a report by Empire, the upcoming Prime Video show is roughly 50 hours long and covers a massive scope. Impressively, the show’s plot lines and cinematography have already been planned multiple seasons in advance.
“There are things in the first season that don’t pay off until Season 5,” co-showrunner JD Payne told Empire. “We even know what our final shot of the last episode is going to be.”
Payne also made it clear that the production team wishes to preserve the integrity of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s original novels and is adapting ideas from appendices and footnotes to form the show’s lore.
“We’re doing what Tolkien wanted,” Payne noted. “As long as we felt like every invention of ours was true to his essence, we knew we were on the right track.”
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power is slated to premiere on September 2. The show acts as a prequel for the beloved series, telling the origin stories of Middle-earth’s Second Age, the Dark Lord Sauron, and, of course, the iconic rings.
Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.
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