The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 will finish filming without showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay amid the WGA writers strike, Variety reports.
Per the publication's sources, the fantasy show has just 19 days of filming left, and Payne and McKay are said to have planned ahead with the show's production team for their potential absence from the set. WGA strike rules mean that writers are barred from any kind of writing duties, which includes on set creative decisions. With Payne and McKay absent, executive producers who are uninvolved with writing, as well as the directors, will be running the production.
