From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. 2- May 16, 2018Īs of March 2021, the official logline reads:Īmazon Studios’ forthcoming series brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history.

#BeenThereDoneThatInstead it will be Appendices based and cover a lot of time and history.

In a following Twitter thread, also speculated that the television adaptation will not retell the events of the War of the Ring explored in the Peter film series, but will rather draw from The Lord of the Rings Appendices published alongside The Return of the King, the final volume of Tolkien’s novels.įirstly, we must stamp out any remaining confusion:From the first press release, we know this so-called #LOTR series will NOT be a retelling of the events of the War of the Ring. In May of 2018, multiple sources at Amazon Studios reportedly told Tolkien fan site, which broke the news, that the first season of the forthcoming series will center on a younger Aragorn, the future King of the Reunited Kingdom, who was played by Viggo Mortensen in Jackson’s film series. Here’s everything we know so far about Amazon’s forthcoming series: Where it Fits in the Canon

Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels, which of course were already adapted into director Peter Jackson’s blockbuster film trilogy. Amazon has been making a huge push into fantasy TV, led by an eyebrow-raisingly ambitious television adaptation of J.R.R.

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