The nomadic Hobbit, the bearded female dwarves and the slave elves – Amazon finally opened the lid for the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV series at Comic-Con on Friday.
The ambitious small-screen big story set in the world of JRR Tolkien’s books has been in the works ever since. Amazon Prime purchased the copyright for $250 million (approximately Rs 1,996) almost five years ago.
Fans, many of whom camped out in line overnight at the world’s most famous pop culture gathering, got their first look at the footage, along with interviews with the creators. and a cast of 21 mighty men, dwarves and elves in a presentation hosted by comedian and Tolkien enthusiast Stephen Colbert.
“As fans and as viewers and lovers of Middle Earth and Tolkien, we don’t want to do something extra, or a spin-off or origin story of something else. ,” said co-creator Patrick McKay.
“We wanted to find a great Tolkienian epic. And Amazon, it’s amazing, crazy enough to say ‘yes, let’s do it.'”
According to McKay, Amazon is said to have spent more than $1 billion making five seasons — each running for 10 hours — the first of which debuted on its streaming platform on September 2, and “reintroduced “Tolkien’s Middle Earth World.
Younger versions of the elves Galadriel and Elrond – characters familiar to fans of Oscar-winning Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy – will be played by Morfydd Clark and Robert Aramayo.
But with the new TV show set 4,000 years before Jackson’s trilogy, in a fictional “Second Age” – a historical period outlined in less detail by Tolkien’s works – the The creator has the license to create many new characters.
Co-creator JD Payne said: “The field is very broad.
“Amazon bought the rights to basically 10,000 years of Middle-earth history and said, ‘Okay guys, look at all the people that come in and see what you have to say.’
“We felt that The Second Age was amazing. It’s Tolkien’s great, untold story, it’s so iconic with the forging process. Ring of Power. “
Splendid, regal beard
The series is said to be the personal obsession of Amazon founder Jeff Bezosand represents the company’s biggest game in the so-called “streaming wars” with rivals including Netflix and Disney +.
Much of that expense went into the lavish production value, evidently as fans flocked to the San Diego convention center’s 6,000-capacity Hall H, where they were treated to five clips from the show program, along with a new trailer.
Although the plot details are still covered, the detailed and intricate settings from the book, including the island kingdom of Numenor – projected onto a giant screen that surrounds three-quarters of the arena – has making the listener gasp.
“We built an entire city with lots of blocks and an entire jetty – it was crazy and huge,” says McKay.
Executive producer Lindsey Weber added: “We built as much as we could for any group of people we could.
A clip from the 90-minute presentation introduced a group of Harfoots, nomadic ancestors to the “Lord of the Rings” hobbits, who lived in touring cars, not in the pit.
Another clip shows a wealthy dwarven kingdom – complete with the saga’s first bearded female dwarves – and a third shows a group of chained goblins, forced to work for a gang Devil.
Sophia Nomvete, who plays the dwarf princess Disa, told AFP after the presentation: “We are establishing female dwarfs for the first time.
“We’ve come up with a gorgeous, regal, one-hair-only, divine, detailed version of the beard for the dwarves, and I know you’ll love it!”
‘Thrones’ and zombies Comic-Con is taking place live at a maximum capacity of 130,000 people for the first time in three years, after going online due to the pandemic.
The Rings of Power will go head to head at the event with HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off Dragon’s Housea rival fantasy series coming out next month, will have its own Comic-Con showcase on Saturday.
Elsewhere, post-apocalyptic zombie series Zombie had its final Comic-Con showcase on Friday, where it was confirmed that the final eight episodes of the record-breaking cable show would premiere on October 2.
But the zombie franchise continues, with fan favorite Andrew Lincoln telling ecstatic fans that he will reprise the role of Rick Grimes in a limited series next year.
And Disney will wrap up the event’s major showcases on Saturday night with a showcase expected to feature Marvel superheroes, including the much-awaited sequel.” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”.
