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Amazon acquired the global television rights for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–55) in November 2017. The company's streaming service, Prime Video, gave a multi-season commitment to a series based on the novel and its appendices, to be produced by Amazon Studios in association with New Line Cinema and in consultation with the Tolkien Estate. [1]
The downfall of Númenor and the changing of the world: the island is drowned by Ilúvatar, and Elendil, Isildur and their people escape to Middle-earth. [1]In Tolkien's legendarium, the island of Númenor, in the great sea to the West of Middle-earth, was created at the start of the Second Age as a reward to the men who had fought against the fallen Vala Morgoth, the primary antagonist of the ...
[T 2] Númenor was in the Great Sea, closer to Aman in the West than to Middle-earth in the east. [T 3] In shape it was a star, with five peninsulas extending from the central region, which was around 250 miles (400 km) across. [T 2] Karen Wynn Fonstad estimated the island to be 167,691 square miles [435,017 km 2] in area. [1]
"The Eagle and the Sceptre" is the third episode of the second season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The series is based on J. R. R. Tolkien 's history of Middle-earth , primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
[T 16] In The Lord of the Rings, the Red Arrow was a token used by Gondor to summon its allies in time of need. [T 17] In the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the Red Arrow is omitted and its role is conflated with the Beacons of Gondor. [14] Hobbits "shot well with the bow". [T 18] The Shire sent archers to the battles of the Fall of Arnor. [T 19]
Nielsen Media Research, which records streaming viewership on US television screens, estimated that The Rings of Power was the most-watched original streaming series for the week of its premiere with 1.02 billion minutes viewed in its first four days. This was below Nielsen's estimation for the first season's initial four days (1.25 billion ...
The Official The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Podcast was announced on October 7 with actress Felicia Day, who described herself as a "super fan of all things Tolkien", as host. [347] She spent two months recording with the cast and crew while they were promoting the season around the world. [ 348 ]
It was later titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. [2] Amazon hired J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay to develop the series and serve as showrunners in July 2018. [3] [4] Jason Cahill and Justin Doble joined the series as writers by July 2019, [4] and Wayne Che Yip was set to direct four episodes of the first season by March 2021. [5]