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'Rings of Power' leak reveals an iconic 'Lord of the Rings' monster’s return

A new 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' leak claims that a powerful monster will appear in the Amazon series, one that will be very familiar to J.R.R. Tolkien fans everywhere.

Inverse · Mar 20, 2022

Lord of the Rings: debunking the backlash against non-white actors in Amazon's new adaption

J.R.R. Tolkien’s much-loved fantasy The Lord of the Rings is a work of epic scale, portraying races of imaginary beings in the medievalesque setting of Middle-earth, culminating in a battle of good against evil. Peter Jackson’s film adaptations in the early 2000s established the iconography and aesthetics that many fans…

The Conversation · Feb 25, 2022

The new Lord of the Rings prequel, The Rings of Power, is set in the Second Age of Middle-Earth - here's what that means

Amazon Studios is due to launch its Lord of the Rings prequel TV series in September this year. Not much is known about it yet, other than the title – Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power, some first looks, a teaser-trailer, and that it will be set in…

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2022

‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ title reveals an “epic story”

In the Second Age, the nineteen Great Rings were forged. In Amazon's prequel to 'Lord of the Rings,' the story of the Great Rings will finally be told.

Inverse · Jan 19, 2022