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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 Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. It 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).
The website's critics consensus reads, "The Rings of Power 's sophomore season discovers new virtues while retaining some of its predecessor's vices, overall making for a more kinetic journey through Tolkien's world." [152] Metacritic assigned a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 25 reviews, indicating a "generally favorable ...
When the project fell apart after two and a half years, it pushed Payne and McKay to "start taking TV seriously. That led us to Rings of Power." [14] [1] Payne and McKay joined the Godzilla vs. Kong writers' room in March 2017. [15] Four months later, they were announced to have written the most recent draft of Disney's Jungle Cruise. [16]
Season 2 of The Rings of Power is scoring well with fans on Rotten Tomatoes.Compared to Season 1’s 38% “fresh” rating (with 25,000-plus reviews), the first three episodes are currently ...
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. [348] She spent two months recording with the cast and crew while they were promoting the season around the world. [ 349 ]
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 7 of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” now streaming on Prime Video. It’s all-out war in Middle-earth, with ...
The Rings of Power are magical artefacts in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, most prominently in his high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.The One Ring first appeared as a plot device, a magic ring in Tolkien's children's fantasy novel, The Hobbit; Tolkien later gave it a backstory and much greater power.