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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. It is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). The series is set thousands of years before the novel and depicts the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age. It is produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with New Line Cinema. The series features adaptations of various location and objects from Tolkien's writings as well as original creations for the series.

Background

Amazon acquired the global television rights for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–55) in November 2017. The company's streaming service, Prime Video, gave a multi-season commitment to a series based on the novel and its appendices, to be produced by Amazon Studios in association with New Line Cinema and in consultation with the Tolkien Estate. J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay were set as showrunners of the series, titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before Tolkien's The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings. It follows a large cast of characters and covers all the major events of the Second Age from Tolkien's writings: the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men.

The series was originally expected to be a continuation of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) film trilogies, but Amazon later clarified that their deal with Tolkien's estate required them to keep the series distinct from the films. Despite this, the showrunners intended for it to be visually consistent with the films. Amazon confirmed in September 2019 that filming for the first season would take place in New Zealand, where Jackson's films were made. In August 2021, Amazon announced that it was moving production of future seasons to the United Kingdom.

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{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Joanna |date=February 14, 2022 |title=10 Burning Questions About Amazon's 'The Rings of Power' |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/10-burning-questions-about-amazons-the-rings-of-power |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220214215009/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/10-burning-questions-about-amazons-the-rings-of-power |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Vanity Fair}}

{{Cite press release |title=Amazon Studios Announces New Zealand as Location for Its Upcoming Series Based on The Lord of the Rings |date=September 17, 2019 |publisher=Amazon Studios |location=Culver City, California |url=https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-studios-announces-new-zealand-location-its-upcoming |access-date=May 7, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205060753/https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-studios-announces-new-zealand-location-its-upcoming |archive-date=December 5, 2019}}

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