Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Showrunners Have the Entire 5-Season Series Planned Out
thewrap.comEmpire.“The rights that Amazon bought were for a 50-hour show,” he continued. “They 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.”The Amazon series takes place thousands of years before the stories of J.R.R.
Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, introducing some new characters and revisiting old ones in the Second Age of Middle Earth.So while beloved characters like Elrond and Galadriel appear (due to their Elven nature they can conceivably be alive at this point int he timeline), Payne and McKay had to map out the storyline for all-new characters as well, pulling heavily from Tolkein’s work along the way.“It was like Tolkien put some stars in the sky and let us make out the constellations,” he said. “In his letters [particularly in one to his publisher], Tolkien talked about wanting to leave behind a mythology that ‘left scope for other minds and hands, wielding the tools of paint, music and drama.’ 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.”The timeline for “Rings of Power” roots itself in major historical events like the creation of the rings and the anticipated return of evil forces to Middle Earth, particularly the rise of Sauron.The official synopsis for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is as follows:Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history.
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