Amazon Offers First Look At Its Most Expensive Series, ‘The Lord Of The Rings’
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Amazon has finally offered fans a snapshot of its new The Lord Of The Rings television show, which is also the media giant’s most expensive series to date. The show was first announced three years ago, but the COVID-19 pandemic had interrupted filming, causing a delay in its production timeline.
Fans can now get a first look at the highly-anticipated series. In the newly-released image, shown above, a new character (who is currently unnamed) looks out at a breathtaking landscape of Middle-earth. While it hasn’t been revealed which part of Middle-earth this is, many fans have posited that it could be Valinor, the Undying Lands where the Hobbits retire to, as per ShortList.
Along with the new image comes the announcement of a release date. While Amazon had initially planned to unveil the series in 2021, pandemic disruptions mean fans will have to wait (very patiently) till September 2, 2022. And if you’re wondering just how much Amazon’s investing into the show, GamesRadar previously reported that it spent nearly US$450 million on the first season.
For the uninitiated, as per Amazon’s synopsis, The Lord Of The Rings series is set “thousands of years before the events of Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness.”
Intrigued? Well, you’ll have to wait till fall next year before the first episode hits your screens.
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[via ShortList, cover image courtesy of Amazon Studios]
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