Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Story already finished for 5 seasons

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power starts in September this year Prime video. But before season one even hits fans’ screens, series creator JD Payne announces that already five seasons planned for the Middle-earth series are.

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is ready for 5 seasons

As a rule, not every series is completely planned from the start. Series creators have often only worked out a pilot episode and then, when the show gets the green light, they have to think about the script and a story. But the plot usually doesn’t last more than one season, let alone five seasons.

The new “Lord of the Rings” series seems to be quite different. The series is already, according to showrunner JD Payne scheduled for five seasonshow he dem Empire Magazine explained. The most expensive series in the world definitely has big ambitions – no wonder with a financier like Amazon. Even the last episode of the complete series seems to have been completely worked out.

“The rights that Amazon bought were for a 50-hour series. They knew from the start that this is the greatness of the story – it’s a big story, with a clear beginning, middle and end. There are things in season one that don’t really pay off until season five.”said Payne. “We even know what the final shot of the final episode will look like.”

We do what Tolkien wanted

The production team worked on it not even with a finished story Tolkien’s pen, but made his own from the fantasy author’s notes, which were published by his son after his death. Payne believes the series’ story fits Tolkien’s vision for his self-created universe.

“In his letters [insbesondere in einem an seinen Verleger] Tolkien said he wanted to leave behind a mythology that ‘leaves room for other minds and hands to wield the tools of painting, music and drama’. We do what Tolkien wanted”according to Payne. “As long as we felt that each of our ideas was true to its essence, we knew we were on the right track.”

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power opens on September 2, 2022 on Prime Video.

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