Hundreds of people attend the presentation of the series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” in Hall H of Comic Con. Photo: EFE
Advances before this new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The rings of power they had been more focused on showing the aesthetics of the world in which the series will take place. The novelty in relation to this advance is that a much more warlike, dramatic and epic lake has been shown.
This trailer, for the first time, mentions Sauron, that character who forged the one ring to dominate all that was created. References to him were not made directly, but here his presence was confirmed through a series of posters.
The panel at Comic Con
Moderator Stephen Colbert with cast: Robert Aramayo, Benjamin Walker, Charles Edwards, Owain Arthur and Sophia Nomvete, from “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”. Photo: AFP
Popular TV host Stephen Colbert, a self-proclaimed Tolkien fan, moderated a panel on the series in Hall H, the largest pop culture convention seat 6 thousand people.
This Amazonian production is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, when kingdoms rose and fell and the forces of evil threatened to fill the world with darkness.
The Lord of the Rings: The rings of powerr) is led by executive producers JD Payne and Patrick McKay,
As anticipated, the series will take audiences to fantastic locations such as the eleven kingdoms of Lindon and Eregion, the dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm, the lands of the south and the wastelands of the north, the troubled seas and the island kingdom of Númenór, as well as to introduce many new characters including Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), Elrond (Robert Aramayo) and King Gil-galad (Benjamin Walker).
Another frame provided by Amazon Studios of a scene from the series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” presented this Friday in Hall H of Comic-Con, held in San Diego, California. Photo: EFE
The eight-part series will debut on Prime Video on September 2, with new episodes previewing weekly. It is reportedly the most expensive series to date, with a budget of $ 465 million. Another fact is that Amazon bought the rights to Tolkien’s estate for $ 250 million in 2017.
statements
Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, told The Hollywood Reporter last year that while the number is “a crazy headline that’s fun to click on,” it was actually to “build the infrastructure of what will support. entire series “which he described as” a show that builds huge worlds “.
Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke with CEO Jeff Bezos, Sam Esmail and Emmy Rossum at the 2019 Golden Globes. Photo: AFP.
He also said that “a giant global audience will need to see this as a limited time program”, but that they are “quite confident it will happen”.
Comic-Con kicked off this week at the San Diego Convention Center in full force, which hasn’t happened since 2019 due to the pandemic. Many of the major studios have spent a lot of money promoting their upcoming movies and TV shows. The conference will continue until tomorrow, Sunday.
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