by Thinus Ferreira
Amazon Prime Video has released the official trailer for its upcoming new fantasy drama series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power releasing on the streamer on 2 September with a double-bill debut and weekly episodes after.
The new 2-and-a-half minute trailer gives a further glimpse into the Middle-earth of long ago, with the new Amazon Studios series, of which the second season is currently in production in the United Kingdom, set during the fabled Second Age thousands of years before the events depicted in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books.
Legendary and new characters will appear in locations ranging from the depths of the Misty Mountains, the elf capital of Lindon to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor which will get destroyed at some point during the series similar to Atlantis.
"Fates collide and disparate
characters are tested in the face of impending evil," says Amazon Prime Video.
The trailer features Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) prominently, along with Elrond (Robert Aramayo),
High King Gil-galad (Benjamin Walker), Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards); Harfoots Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot (Markella
Kavenagh) as well as Largo Brandyfoot
(Dylan Smith).
Who and what exactly is The Stranger (Daniel Weyman)?
The Númenóreans Isildur (Maxim Baldry), Eärien (Ema Horvath), Elendil
(Lloyd Owen), Pharazôn (Trystan Gravelle), and Queen
Regent Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) also appear in the official trailer, along with Dwarves King
Durin III (Peter Mullan), Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur), and Princess Disa (Sophia
Nomvete).
The Southlanders are Halbrand (Charlie Vickers);
Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi); and Silvan-elf Arondir
(Ismael Cruz Córdova).
The series is led by showrunners and
executive producers J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay; Wayne Che Yip is co-executive producer and directs, along with J.A. Bayona and Charlotte Brändström.