Season One is the first season of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It premiered with its first two episodes on September 1, 2022 and concluded on October 14, 2022. The season consisted of eight episodes.
Developed by showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Prime Video, the series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It is produced by Amazon MGM Studios in cooperation with HarperCollins and New Line Cinema, and in consultation with the Tolkien Estate. The series is based on The Lord of the Rings and appendices by J.R.R. Tolkien.
A large international cast was hired, and filming for the eight-episode first season took place in New Zealand, where the films by Peter Jackson were produced, from February 2020 to August 2021. There was a production break of several months during that time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon moved production for future seasons to the United Kingdom, where filming for the second season began in October 2022.
Synopsis[]
The new epic drama brings to screens for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien’s fabled Second Age of Middle-earth's history. Beginning in a time of relative peace, thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books, 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.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Morfydd Clark as Galadriel
- Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows
- Sara Zwangobani as Marigold Brandyfoot
- Dylan Smith as Largo Brandyfoot
- Markella Kavenagh as Elanor "Nori" Brandyfoot
- Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow
- Robert Aramayo as Elrond
- Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad
- Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir
- Nazanin Boniadi as Bronwyn
- Tyroe Muhafidin as Theo
- Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor
- Daniel Weyman as The Stranger
- Owain Arthur as Durin IV
- Charlie Vickers as Halbrand/Sauron
- Sophia Nomvete as Disa
- Lloyd Owen as Elendil
- Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Míriel
- Trystan Gravelle as Pharazôn
- Maxim Baldry as Isildur
- Ema Horvath as Eärien
- Joseph Mawle as Adar
- Leon Wadham as Kemen
Episodes[]
| Title | Writer(s) | Director | Original Air Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Shadow of the Past" | J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay | J.A. Bayona | September 1, 2022 |
| 2. | "Adrift" | Gennifer Hutchison | J.A. Bayona | September 1, 2022 |
| 3. | "Adar" | Jason Cahill & Justin Doble | Wayne Che Yip | September 9, 2022 |
| 4. | "The Great Wave" | Stephany Folsom J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay |
Wayne Che Yip | September 16, 2022 |
| 5. | "Partings" | Justin Doble | Wayne Che Yip | September 23, 2022 |
| 6. | "Udûn" | Justin Doble J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay |
Charlotte Brändström | September 30, 2022 |
| 7. | "The Eye" | Jason Cahill | Charlotte Brändström | October 7, 2022 |
| 8. | "Alloyed" | Gennifer Hutchison J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay |
Wayne Che Yip | October 14, 2022 |
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