Amazon premiered the first teaser trailer for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”, showing off footage of the the highly anticipated fantasy series.
The 60-second teaser trailer revealed the first look at Amazon’s take on Middle Earth locations like Númenor, a mystical island that served as the kingdom of men.
“Haven’t you ever wondered what else is out there?” a voice says over the trailer. “There’s wonders in this world beyond our wandering. I can feel it.” The trailer then moved into title cards that say “before the king, before the fellowship, before the ring — a new legend begins this fall.”
“The Rings of Power” takes place in what’s known as the Second Age. In author J.R.R. Tolkien’s series of fantasy novels, the Second Age occurs thousands of years before the events shown in Peter Jackson’s seminal “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy. Tolkien’s estate auctioned off the rights to a narrow slice of his fictional world: The story found within the three “Lord of the Rings” books as well as the appendices published alongside them.
This is one of many reasons why fans of Jackson’s movie trilogy will be able to see familiar faces and stories in the upcoming TV show. The creators were able to draw upon the flashbacks and legends that were teased briefly in Jackson’s movies as well as Tolkien’s original work.
For example, “The Rings of Power” teaser trailer shows a glimpse of a battle that looks very similar to the Battle of Dagorlad — an epic showdown between Sauron’s army of orcs and an alliance of elves and men — that was shown in the opening sequence of “Fellowship of the Ring.”
The teaser trailer also shows off younger versions of characters like Galadriel and Elrond. Then there are teases of new characters, like an elf named Arondir catching an arrow flying his way, and sending it right back at an enemy, mirroring the type of skills we saw from Orlando Bloom’s Legolas in the movie trilogy.
Watch the full trailer below: