Recently, Swedish board game company Embracer Group announced that it had purchased the Lord of the Rings film rights from Saul Zaentz Company for $770 Million USD. The rights went up for sale earlier this year from the original owners as positive news for The Rings of Power series began to emerge. Saul Zaentz Company […]
Today, Variety announced that the film rights to both the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films have gone up for sale. The rights reverted back to Zaentz Co in 2021 after Warner Brothers failed to produce any Middle-Earth live-action content since the release of Peter Jackson’s saga. The Tolkien Estate also still holds […]
Recently, our friends over at Fellowship of Fans have slowly revealed all the significant roles previously cast in Lord of the Rings on Amazon Prime. The series has a massive ensemble cast, but the characters they would play have been kept secret. The only elven roles revealed include Morfydd Clark (Dracula) as Galadriel and Robert […]
Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the […]
Over the Christmas weekend, our friends from Fellowship of Fans revealed several new casting confirmations for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV Series. The site revealed several months ago that Lloyd Owen & Maxim Baldry‘s roles in the streaming were revealed to be Elendil and Isildur. Now their new report states that actress Ema Horvath […]
Last year, many casting announcements were made of Amazon Studios’ upcoming Lord of the Rings TV Series. Unfortunately, none of the castings revealed any of the characters’ names from the books beyond Galadriel (played by Morfydd Clark). However, Collider revealed that newcomer Maxim Baldry had been cast as the lead in the upcoming show. It […]
Today, Amazon Prime announced that their long-awaited Lord of the Rings series will debut on September 2nd, 2022. The show has been in production off-and-on since the COVID pandemic began in 2020. The series is expected to take place during The Second Age of Middle-Earth before the fall of Numenor. The massive ensemble cast has […]
Today, Amazon Prime announced (via Variety) that 20 more actors have joined the previously announced cast of their fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. The newly announced cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Maxim Baldry, Ian Blackburn, Kip Chapman, Anthony Crum, Maxine Cunliffe, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Thusitha Jayasundera, Fabian McCallum, Simon Merrells, Geoff Morrell, […]
Ever since Amazon Studios announced they would be adapting The Second Age of J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings; many have wondered how much will be taken from HBO’s Game of Thrones. While Lord of the Rings has already been a successful film franchise and book series long before the Long Night took Winterfell. HBO’s […]
Earlier today, Collider reveals that up-and-coming English actor Maxim Baldry has joined the cast of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV Series. This comes off the streaming service revealing their full cast in January ahead of production later this year. Maxim Baldry was last seen in HBO’s Years and Years TV Series. JD Payne and […]
