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Hugo Weaving says he spent too long on Middle-earth. But he’s not the first actor to detest a classic

Marlon Brando had to be lured from his trailer with food to play Superman’s dad and Alec Guinness asked for Obi-Wan Kenobi to be killed off to spare him from the ‘awful lines’

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 episode 2 recap: evil changes forms

Here's what happens in Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 episode 2.

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Who is Círdan the Shipwright? The new Rings of Power character plays a key part in Tolkien's books

Meet one of season 2’s new arrivals

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The Rings of Power season 2 episodes 1-3 recap and Easter eggs: Sauron rises as darkness falls over Middle-earth

Evil reveals itself in the opening episodes of The Rings of Power season 2

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The Rings of Power season 2 is the thrilling and faithful Lord of the Rings show I've wanted all along on Prime Video

I've seen The Rings of Power season 2's first three episodes – here are my spoiler-light thoughts on the hit Prime Video show's return.

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The Rings of Power season 2 sets the tone for the show's journey to The Lord of the Rings: "History does repeat itself"

Exclusive: Total Film goes to Middle-earth (aka Windsor) to walk the walls of Eregion

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Why Hugo Weaving refuses to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Hugo Weaving played Lord Elrond in The Lord of the Rings movies

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A huge Lord of the Rings battle is adapted over 3 episodes in The Rings of Power season 2, and the showrunners say it took a year of planning

Exclusive: The Rings of Power co-showrunner Patrick McKay teases the multi-episode scale of the Siege of Eregion

Total Film

‘Rings of Power’ season 2 is coming soon — 7 things to know before you watch

Ready for 'The Rings of Power' season 2? Here's a refresh on all the key developments so you're up to speed for season 2.

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'Rings of Power' Season 2 is Finally Bringing A Legendary Lord of the Rings Battle to Life

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2 is going to bring one of the most important battles in the history of Middle-earth to life onscreen for the first time ever.

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The Rings of Power season 2 official trailer breakdown: Tom Bombadil, Durin's Bane, a new Ent, young Shelob, and 11 more things you missed

Amazon has released a new, action-packed trailer for The Rings of Power season 2 – and it contains some big surprises.

TechRadar

Lord of the Rings villain Sauron is poisoning Middle-earth in first look at Rings of Power season 2, as fantasy show’s return date is confirmed

Is that Annatar?

Total Film

Hugo Weaving: ‘This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done’

Thirty years after Priscilla, Queen of the Desert thrust him on to the international stage, the actor discusses tiring of Hollywood villains and his most challenging role yet

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The Rings of Power season 2: release date, trailer, plot, cast and all we know

The Rings of Power season 2 will take us back to Middle-Earth to follow the rise of Sauron.

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Lord of the Rings characters transformed into feline AI creations

A delightful display of AI-generated art on Instagram reimagines iconic Lord of the Rings characters as adorable feline creations, capturing the essence of...

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The internet mashed up Moneyball and The Lord of the Rings and made some hysterical memes

They're taking the shortstops to Isengard!

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10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles

David Bowie in The Lord Of The Rings? John Lydon in Quadrophenia? WASP’s Blackie Lawless as The Terminator? These are the Oscar-winning performances that never were

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The Lord of the Rings timeline: A chronological trip through Middle-earth

A look at the Lord of the Rings timeline, according to the books

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The Rings of Power season 2: Prime Video release date, trailer, confirmed cast, plot synopsis, and more

Here's everything you need to know about The Rings of Power season 2 before you watch it on Prime Video.

The Guardian - UK

‘They scan your eyeballs just to get on set!’ Charlie Vickers on The Rings of Power

The actor, who plays Halbrand in the Lord of the Rings show, talks about auditioning in secret, fleeing sea beasts with Galadriel … and what Tolkien would think about the racist backlash

Inverse

'Rings of Power' Episode 7: How a real apocalypse inspired Mordor's return

When Alex Disenhof set out to create Mordor for 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,' his inspiration didn’t come from fantasy or fiction. It came from something much more personal.

Inverse

Is Celeborn dead? 'Rings of Power' just broke Lord of the Rings canon — or did it?

The reports of Cereborn's death may be greatly exaggerated. In 'Rings of Power' Episode 7, Galadriel seems to contradict a major plot point in Lord of the Rings. So what's really happening here?

Inverse

'Rings of Power' theory solves a classic Bilbo Baggins mystery

Durin IV gifts Elrond a shard of mithril. Is that same mithril converted into a chainmail shirt famously worn by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins?

Inverse

'Rings of Power' pulls off a brilliant trick Peter Jackson never dreamed of

The Lord of the Rings movies came close, but 'Rings of Power' new show offers a perspective we’ve never seen before.

The Guardian - UK

‘I expected both to be cheap cash-ins’: readers’ verdicts on House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings

Costumes, sets, CGI, scripts and performances go under the spotlight – as readers weigh up the new ventures into Middle-earth and Westeros

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