The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series , inspired by the Tolkien universe, will debut in September. Empire Magazine spoke to one of the showrunners, Patrick McKay, and shared footage of the Snow Troll and Harfoot, ancestors of the Second Age Hobbits.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power takes place a thousand years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings – Morgoth has been defeated, Numenor has not yet fallen, and Sauron is operating under the mask of a beautiful elf named Annatar.
Snow trolls are rare in Tolkien’s world. However, a huge gray-skinned monster will appear in the Amazon series:
Promo material for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power from Empire Magazine
The Harfoots are the ancestors of the well-known Shire Hobbits:
Promo material for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power from Empire Magazine
Patrick McKay emphasized in an interview with Empire Magazine that the new production is not trying to compete with Peter Jackson’s cult films. In the cast we will see such names: Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Weyman, Sara Zwangobani.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premieres on September 2. There are eight episodes waiting for us in the first season.