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The second season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings . Set thousands of years before the novel in the Second Age of Middle-earth, the season depicts the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron and the creation of more Rings of Power. It is produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with New Line Cinema and with J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay as showrunners.
Amazon acquired the television rights to The Lord of the Rings in November 2017 and made a multi-season commitment for a new series. A second season was officially ordered in November 2019, and writing began during an extended first-season production break that started due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon announced in August 2021 that filming for the series would move from New Zealand to the United Kingdom starting with the second season. Filming began in October 2022, with Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri, and Louise Hooper directing. Much of the series' large international cast returned from the first season, as did composer Bear McCreary who started work when production began. Location filming took place around Surrey and Berkshire as well as in the Canary Islands, and filming was completed in early June 2023 amid the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
The season is scheduled to premiere on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video on August 29, 2024, with its first three episodes. The other five episodes are set to be released weekly until October 3.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [1] |
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9 | 1 | TBA | Charlotte Brändström [2] | TBA | August 29, 2024 |
10 | 2 | TBA | TBA | TBA | August 29, 2024 |
11 | 3 | TBA | Charlotte Brändström [2] | TBA | August 29, 2024 |
12 | 4 | TBA | TBA | TBA | September 5, 2024 |
13 | 5 | TBA | TBA | TBA | September 12, 2024 |
14 | 6 | TBA | TBA | TBA | September 19, 2024 |
15 | 7 | TBA | Charlotte Brändström [2] | TBA | September 26, 2024 |
16 | 8 | TBA | Charlotte Brändström [2] | TBA | October 3, 2024 |
Sanaa Hamri and Louise Hooper directed two episodes each. [2]
The following actors have been cast in undisclosed roles: Gabriel Akuwudike, Yasen "Zates" Atour, Ben Daniels, Amelia Kenworthy, Nicholas Woodeson, [10] Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Stuart Bowman, Gavi Singh Chera, William Chubb, Kevin Eldon, Will Keen, Selina Lo, Calam Lynch, [21] Ciarán Hinds, and Tanya Moodie. [22]
Amazon acquired the global television rights for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in November 2017. The company's streaming service, Amazon Prime Video, gave a multi-season commitment to a series based on the novel and its appendices that was believed to be for five seasons, to be produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with New Line Cinema and in consultation with the Tolkien Estate. The budget was expected to be in the range of US$100–150 million per season, [23] and the streaming service had to give a formal greenlight to future seasons before work could begin on them. [24] J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay were hired to develop the series in July 2018, [25] and were named showrunners a year later. [26] Prime Video officially ordered an eight-episode second season in November 2019, [24] [27] and announced the series' full title, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , in January 2022. [28] The season's all-female directing team was revealed that December: Charlotte Brändström returned from the first season to direct four episodes, while Sanaa Hamri and Louise Hooper were set to direct two episodes each. Brändström was also made a co-executive producer for the season, which was executive produced by Payne, McKay, Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, and Gennifer Hutchison. [27] Several key members of the series' creative team did not return from the first season, including producer Ron Ames, costume designer Kate Hawley, [29] and production designer Ramsey Avery. [30]
The series' writers' room was disbanded once production on the first season began in February 2020, but a longer-than-usual four- or five-month production break was planned following the filming of the first two episodes to allow the writers to reconvene, review the early footage, map out the second season, and write the majority of its scripts. [24] This production break ultimately began earlier than expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking place from mid-March to the end of September. [31] [32] [33] Writing for the second season was expected to be completed concurrently with post-production on the first season between August 2021 and June 2022. [34] [35]
After avoiding a "villain-centric" story in the first season to focus on introducing the world and characters, the showrunners said the second season would go deeper into the "lore and the stories people have been waiting to hear". [36] It more prominently features the Dark Lord Sauron, exploring how he deceives the people of Middle-earth into creating Rings of Power that he can use to control them. [37] After Sauron is revealed to be posing as the human Halbrand at the end of the first season, [38] he disguises himself as an Elf named Annatar in the second. [18] McKay felt the season's focus on Sauron would be more impactful because of the time he spends as Halbrand with Galadriel in the first season, compared to if they started the series with Sauron as a prominent antagonist. [38] He said Galadriel would be facing the consequences of her first-season actions, after learning of Sauron's deception and sacrificing her brother's dagger to create the Elven Rings of Power. [39] Weber added that Galadriel had been humbled by her mistakes in the first season and the second would explore how she is affected by the Elven rings. [40] The relationship between Sauron's Annatar form and the Elf smith Celebrimbor is also central to the second season' story. [18] In addition to an expanded role for Sauron, the season expands on the character of Adar who is a fallen Elf and the leader of the Orcs. The season shows how Adar was corrupted and some of his earlier confrontations with Sauron. [41] It also features a "massive" two-episode battle. [42]
The season depicts the Harfoots Nori and Poppy traveling with the Stranger, a Wizard, to the land of Rhûn in the East of Middle-earth. [12] This is one of the locations that the showrunners wanted to explore in the series as it had not been depicted onscreen before. [38] The season also introduces more locations and characters from Tolkien's novels, [42] including the character Tom Bombadil from The Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien writings. He was omitted from previous adaptations due to his whimsical nature and role as a neutral party that does not get involved with conflict. Though Tolkien kept the character's origins and intentions mysterious, the showrunners interpreted his motivations based on The Lord of the Rings and letters that Tolkien wrote about the character in order to create a reason for his inclusion in the series. They settled on the idea that Tom cares for the natural world and is known to be a helper, leading to Tom's role within the Rhûn storyline where he helps guide the Stranger. The showrunners also saw Tom as a rare light within the season's darker stories. [12]
Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke said in June 2018 that the series could be produced in New Zealand, where the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies were made, but Amazon was also willing to shoot in other countries as long as they could "provide those locations in a really authentic way, because we want it to look incredible". [43] Amazon confirmed in September 2019 that filming for the first season would take place in New Zealand. [44] Scotland was also considered as a location. [45] [46] Production for the first season ended on August 2, 2021, at which point the New Zealand crew were unsure when filming for the second season would begin. [34] When ordering the second season in November 2019, Amazon considered filming it back-to-back with the first, as was done for each of the film trilogies, [24] but there was now expected to be a hiatus of at least one year to allow post-production on the first season and writing for the second to be completed. Amazon retained its lease on Auckland film studios for the duration of the hiatus so the series' sets could remain where they had been built. [34]
The week after filming wrapped for the first season, Amazon announced that it was moving production to the United Kingdom starting with the second season. Amazon was in the process of booking studio space in the UK, [35] and Scotland was reported to be the frontrunner for new shooting locations. [47] The company planned to ship the first season's sets from New Zealand to the UK and hire a new UK-based crew since the majority of the first season's crew was New Zealand-based. [35] Factors that played a role in the change included Amazon already heavily investing in UK studio space for other productions; a belief that the UK would be a more economical choice following the high cost of producing the first season in New Zealand; [48] the opportunity to film in other European countries near the UK as was done for the series Game of Thrones ; [35] Tolkien's estate wanting the series to be filmed in the UK since Tolkien was inspired by locations there for his books; [47] and the fact that New Zealand's restrictive pandemic-era border policies prevented Amazon executives from visiting and monitoring the production, while many international cast members (more than half of whom are British) were unable to leave the country for nearly two years during filming of the first season. [35] Amazon had offered in August 2020 to pay for the use of hotels and rental properties as private quarantine facilities to give the production more flexibility with travel, but this idea was rejected by the New Zealand government due to the supposed need for additional services related to quarantining. [49] In the UK, 80 percent of expenditure was eligible for a 25 percent tax rebate through the government's high-end television tax relief program. [50] [51]
The cast and crew expressed regret that they were not returning to New Zealand for the second season. Weber said it was difficult to leave and they would not have been able to make the first season without the New Zealand crew, many of whom previously worked on the films. [52] In contrast, McKay felt they would be "bring[ing] the property home" with the move because Tolkien was inspired by the UK for his writings, and said this was an "opportunity... pregnant with possibilities". He also suggested that future seasons would be visiting new lands within Tolkien's world that would justify new filming locations. [53] Vernon Sanders, Amazon's Head of Global TV, confirmed that the second season would be "going to new lands, and there are new expansive things happening" that would take advantage of the new locations available in the UK and across Europe. [54]
While promoting the first season at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2022, the showrunners said they would give a role in the second season to television host and avid Tolkien fan Stephen Colbert, who was moderating the series' panel at the convention. [55] A month later, they said the Tolkien character Círdan would be introduced in the second season. [56] The character briefly appeared in the Lord of the Rings films portrayed by Michael Elsworth. [57]
Cast members who returned from the first season include Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Míriel, [3] Robert Aramayo as Elrond, [4] Owain Arthur as Durin IV, [5] Maxim Baldry as Isildur, [6] Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, [7] Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir, [8] Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor, [9] Trystan Gravelle as Pharazôn, [4] Ema Horvath as Eärien, [4] Markella Kavenagh as Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot, [11] Geoff Morrell as Waldreg, [4] Tyroe Muhafidin as Theo, [13] Peter Mullan as Durin III, [14] Sophia Nomvete as Disa, [15] Lloyd Owen as Elendil, [16] Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow, [12] Alex Tarrant as Valandil, [4] Charlie Vickers as Sauron, [58] Leon Wadham as Kemen, [19] Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad, [20] and Daniel Weyman as the Stranger. [11] Nazanin Boniadi chose not to return from the first season and her character Bronwyn was not recast for the second. [59] [60]
On December 1, 2022, Sam Hazeldine was revealed to have replaced Joseph Mawle in the role of Adar for the second season. The decision had been made several months earlier and Mawle did not participate in promotion for the first season. Amazon also announced the casting of Gabriel Akuwudike, Yasen "Zates" Atour, Ben Daniels, newcomer Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle, and Nicholas Woodeson in recurring roles. [10] On December 7, Amazon further announced the casting of Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Stuart Bowman, Gavi Singh Chera, William Chubb, Kevin Eldon, Will Keen, Selina Lo, and Calam Lynch in recurring roles. [21] Sanders noted the diversity of the season's new cast members: "The series continues to be cast from all around the world. We think that represents the show that we created in season one, and we're doing the same thing for season two, we are trying to find the best actor for the role." [54] Amazon announced in March 2023 that Ciarán Hinds, Rory Kinnear, and Tanya Moodie would also have recurring roles in the season. [22] Kinnear was revealed to be portraying Tom Bombadil in May 2024. [12]
Kristian Milsted and Luca Mosca took over as production designer and costume designer, respectively, for the second season. [12] Brändström felt Milsted brought Scandinavian influences into the series' sets and locations, [61] but also noted that many of Avery's sets had been shipped to the UK and were just being expanded for the second season. [30] The land of Rhûn was imagined for the series as once being a Garden of Eden-style paradise that has become a "dead wasteland" by the events of the season. Tom Bombadil's house, which the showrunners described as his "summer cottage" since the character's home in The Lord of the Rings is not in Rhûn, was designed by Milsted to be in an oasis within the Rhûn desert. The house is surrounded by trees, animals, and bees, and Milsted incorporated a star map into the house's ceiling to show the character's connection to the Stranger's journey and the wider universe. Mosca's costume for Tom was based on Tolkien's description of the character: a blue jacket, yellow boots, and a feather in his distinctive hat. [12] Hazeldine felt that the heavy prosthetics used to portray Adar mitigated the fact that he did not look like Mawle. It initially took seven hours to apply these to Hazeldine each day, but this was eventually reduced to five hours. The Orcs that Adar leads were also created with prosthetics. [41]
Pre-production was expected to begin in the second quarter of 2022, and the production was set to be primarily based at Bray Film Studios and Bovingdon Airfield outside of London. [62] The showrunners were scouting for additional filming locations in June 2022, [63] and the cast was preparing to travel to the UK in August. [64] Filming began on October 3, [65] under the working title LBP, [66] and was set to continue for around eight months. [67] Brändström, Hamri, and Hooper were directing their episodes simultaneously based on the availability of locations and sets. [68] Alex Disenhof returned from the first season to work with Brändström as cinematographer, [30] with Laurie Rose and Jean-Philippe Gossart also serving as cinematographers. [69]
By late October, filming was taking place on Hankley Common in Surrey. A set for a ruined village was built on the reserve's "barren black landscape" (resulting from two wildfires earlier in 2022), leading to speculation that it was being used to portray Mordor. [70] In early February, filming took place in Swinley Forest in Berkshire. A large castle set was built on Buttersteep Rise in the area, near the town of Ascot. William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, who lived at the nearby Windsor Castle, visited the series' set with their children during filming. [71] [72] Location filming in Tenerife, Canary Islands, began in early March, specifically in the Teide National Park. [73] [74] The oasis where Tom Bombadil's "summer cottage" is found was filmed on location in Tenerife. [12] By March 17, filming was taking place at the Tenerife town of San Juan de la Rambla, including at the Charco de la Laja coastal pool. [73] [74]
On March 21, a horse died of cardiac arrest during rehearsals on the season's UK set. It was one of around 30 horses provided for the scene by film industry horse outfitter The Devil's Horsemen. This was the first on-set death in the company's 50-year history, and the horse had been standing among 20 other horses when it died. Animal rights organization PETA called for the production to use visual effects and other techniques rather than risk the lives of real horses. [75] Filming at Bray Studios was interrupted for about an hour on April 3 when a fire broke out in a warehouse. [76] Morfydd Clark said on April 15 that she was in the middle of four weeks of night shoots. [77] The next week, Nicole McBride at Bracknell News reported on the concerns of local residents regarding damage done to the Swinley Forest area by the production. In response, the Crown Estate said they would work with the production to "fully restore the area of woodland... includ[ing] the creation of new habitats". [78]
After the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike started in May, the showrunners and other writer-producers were no longer able to be on set. The season reportedly had 19 filming days left as of May 4, when the production was revealed to be continuing under the supervision of the directors and non-writing executive producers. This approach had been planned ahead of the strike confirmation. [79] The production officially wrapped in early June. [30]
Composer Bear McCreary received scripts for the season the day after he completed work on the first season's music. He began composing music for the second season by November 2022, including some that was needed during filming, and expressed excitement at being involved in the season from the beginning and being able to pace out his work better than on the first season. [80] : 47:20–52:37
Amazon announced the season's premiere date and released the first teaser trailer and poster at its upfront presentation on May 14, 2024. The teaser and poster both prominently feature Vickers's Sauron. [81] [82] Valerie Wu and Adam B. Vary of Variety described the teaser as "action-packed", [81] which Martin Miller at The Playlist felt was in response to criticisms of the first season's lack of action. [83] Writing for Deadline Hollywood , Dominic Patten said it was "grittier and darker" than the first season. [82] James Dyer at Empire said the teaser was a reminder of the series' large scope, showing many of its characters and various creatures, [84] though James Whitbrook of Gizmodo and Susana Polo of Polygon both noted that it mostly focuses on Sauron and the Rings of Power, [85] [86] showing only brief glimpses of other storylines. [85] Polo added that it was "light on specific plot details". [86] Details and promotional images were subsequently revealed for some of the season's new cast members, including Kinnear as Tom Bombadil on May 29; [12] Hazeldine as Adar on June 3; [41] and Towle as Estrid on June 7. [17]
The season is scheduled to premiere on Prime Video on August 29, 2024, with its first three episodes. The other five episodes are set to be released weekly until October 3. [1]
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