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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

Amazon Reveals 'Lord of the Rings' Subtitle that Hints at Storyline

The long-awaited, expensive Middle-earth fantasy series from Amazon.com Inc has a name: "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power." Amazon's Prime Video revealed the full name of the fantasy series on Wednesday ahead of its planned streaming debut of Sept. 2. The show's storyline takes place thousands of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 19, 2022