Earlier this morning on August 2, 2021, Amazon Studios published a press release statement on an upcoming and highly anticipated series. Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series is a new adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary work.
What we know about Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings
The set premier date is just over a year away on September 2, 2022 and will be exclusively available on Amazon Prime in over 240 territories and countries. “I can’t express enough just how excited we all are to take our global audience on a new and epic journey through Middle-earth!” says Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios. “Our talented producers, cast, creative, and production teams have worked tirelessly in New Zealand to bring this untold and awe-inspiring vision to life.”
With the set release date came updates about the series itself. The setting will take place during the events of the Second Age of Middle-Earth history, thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in the Third Age. While no details have been given as to when in the Second Age it will begin exactly, fans can only assume and theorize.
Amazon also released the large ensemble cast of the upcoming fantasy franchise, which includes but is not limited to: 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, and Sara Zwangobani.
Around the same time as the press release this morning, the first image of the Lord of the Rings series was posted on the @lotronprime social media platform stating, “On September 2, 2022, a new journey begins.”
No other caption or comment was given. Fans on multiple social media platforms have begun theorizing about the location of the published image, such as the Undying Lands, or Valinor as it is properly titled.
This will be the second live adaption of Tolkien’s literary work, following the successful predecessor, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, & 2003).
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