Amazon Studios Confirms Name of New Lord of the Rings Show

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Amazon Studios has confirmed the name of its upcoming Prime Video show based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic high-fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.



According to a teaser video and press assets shared by Amazon this morning, the name of the show will be The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. While the subtitle arguably ranks low on the creativity scale, it does seem fitting, as Amazon’s showrunners have confirmed that the series will tell the forging of the rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, and other major stories of Middle-earth’s Second Age.









“This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were...

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