Amazon is making a new TV show set in Middle-earth, the world J.R.R. Tolkien explored in books like The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. But the show won’t necessary cover the events from those books. While The Silmarillion is primarily concerned with the First Age of Middle-earth and both The Hobbit...
Forget everything you know about Middle-Earth. Amazon’s The Rings of Power plans to take even the most devoted Tolkien die-hards back to school with what concept artist John Howe calls the “unseen history” of the sprawling fantasy mythos. “This isn’t the Middle-earth you remember … This is a world that’s very vibrant,” says the illustrator,...
It feels like forever ago that the news first broke of Prime Video bringing an epic, million-dollar Lord of the Rings series to the small screen, but today’s announcement brings us one step closer to learning when the show will be set and the stories it will follow. Tthe official title has been revealed: The...
One TV show to rule them all? Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series is groundbreaking in many ways – but it has now entered the record books again as the first production to feature parts of The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien’s collection of short stories detailing the history of Middle Earth has long been seen as...
Filming wrapped today on Season 1 of Amazon Studios’ The Lord of The Rings TV series, and now we have a premiere date. The studio has set Friday, September 2, 2022, for the debut of the first season of the yet-to-be-titled series. New episodes will be released weekly, exclusively on Prime Video. Amazon Studios also...