Lord of the Rings TV series gets multi-season order at Amazon

[mhagain]

...once upon a time... I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story – the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths ..... The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama.

I'm going to keep an open mind, not pre-suppose whether I'll like it or not, and at least watch it for what it is. If it's good, I'll enjoy it. It won't be the books, it won't be the same story as in the books, but I'm not going to just decide that I hate it on that count. If it's not good I won't enjoy it.

[Rhun charioteer]

Looking at the casting, the majority of characters are OCs. I am absolutely convinced this will be nothing close to Tolkien’s work in either theme or story.

My guess is it will be a generic fantasy esque show perhaps with Galadriel as the main heroine.

It seems that once Christopher Tolkien died, the estate sold out for a quarter of a billion dollars.

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by Rhun charioteer

Looking at the casting, the majority of characters are OCs. I am absolutely convinced this will be nothing close to Tolkien’s work in either theme or story.

My guess is it will be a generic fantasy esque show perhaps with Galadriel as the main heroine.

It seems that once Christopher Tolkien died, the estate sold out for a quarter of a billion dollars.

Yeah that's about right. There is little to no canon characters for the period being covered so it's clearly going to have OCs. not sure what anyone expected with this other than a high-budget fanfic.

[Huinesoron]

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal Men, doomed to die
One for the Dark Lord, on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

We have a trailer! Well, sort of. A teaser? A promo spot? I don't know.

And we have a title!

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, coming 2nd September 2022.

(Letter 115 mentions "Fall of Numenor" and "Rings of Power" as two texts Tolkien viewed as linking the Silmarillion to the Third Age. This is presumably "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age", but the short form means there is Tolkienian backing for this title.)

hS

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, coming 2nd September 2022.

Should have made it the 22nd. What is this timing, distracting kids from the start of the school year?

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone
Nine for mortal Men, doomed to die
One for the Dark Lord, on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

We have a trailer! Well, sort of. A teaser? A promo spot? I don't know.

Is it of any note that a female voice is reciting the Ring verse? Who is that? Tauriel? Arwen? Strong Female Character #1?

[Kuruharan]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

Is it of any note that a female voice is reciting the Ring verse? Who is that? Tauriel? Arwen? Strong Female Character #1?

Suspect Galadriel, just different actress.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

Suspect Galadriel, just different actress.

Shame they couldn't have got Cate Blanchett, in that case.
I'm not a huge fan of her portrayal, but she's at least a fine actor.

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Rhun charioteer

Looking at the casting, the majority of characters are OCs. I am absolutely convinced this will be nothing close to Tolkien’s work in either theme or story.

My guess is it will be a generic fantasy esque show perhaps with Galadriel as the main heroine.

It seems that once Christopher Tolkien died, the estate sold out for a quarter of a billion dollars.

For what it's worth, it wouldn't surprise me if the names Amazon has put out there are part of a false information campaign. It's fairly common for large projects such as this TV series to want to keep a lid on spoilers and use fake names.

Although, as Snowdog says, it's not like there is an abundance of canon characters during the period the series is covering.