Lord of the Rings on Prime Updates (Thanks Varking!)

[Varking]

Lord of the Rings on Prime

September 2, 2022 is the official release date!

Amazon's official synopsis for the show:

Amazon Studios’ forthcoming series brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. 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 tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, 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. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.

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Official First Image:

Official First Video:

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

Just so everyone is aware the new show is getting a social media presence and we have a new map to look at that may or may not provide clues as to when the new series could take place.

Facebook -- Twitter -- Instagram -- Amazon

Interesting, the East of Middle-earth is shown...we know Aragorn journeyed far into other lands when he was younger..

CL

 

[Varking]

Interesting, the East of Middle-earth is shown...we know Aragorn journeyed far into other lands when he was younger..

CL

That's what everyone has been pointing out so the current belief is the show has to hit those areas for sure.

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

That's what everyone has been pointing out so the current belief is the show has to hit those areas for sure.

It does seem lore-accurate so far..


CL

 

[Varking]

https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime/status/1097495925163868162

They have now added text to some of the map.

https://amp-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.businessinsider.com/amazon-going-to-huge-lengths-to-keep-lord-of-the-rings-series-secret-2019-2?amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s

Salke also said that Tolkein's descendants are going to spend some time with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

"His daughters and the grandchildren, they're coming to New York, and Jeff Bezos, me, Jeff Blackburn, a team of us are going and they've invited us to a dinner and see some art, some creative work that they haven't shown the world yet," she said.

 

[Varking]

They added smaller town names to the map.

 

[Alcuin]

Lovely map!

I don’t see any “smaller town names”. Am I missing them?

I’ve never before seen the mountains east of Rhûn on any Tolkien map. What is your source (if you don’t mind my asking)?

Do you have a version with more detail?

 

[Varking]

The newer updated regions on the map are along the west coast and some other areas. This was pulled directly from Lort of the Rings on Prime's Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Amazon site.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Hi, I merged these threads and made it a sticky in this forum so we can use it to post updates to LOTR on Prime as they become available

 

[Varking]

Hi, I merged these threads and made it a sticky in this forum so we can use it to post updates to LOTR on Prime as they become available

Thank you. I will do my best to keep it up to date!

 

[Varking]

Thank you to the staff for their work on cleaning up the spam on the forums while also enabling me to add more links to the OP. As more articles and information pops up I will continue to share and add them here!

 

[Varking]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainme...ernment-talks-with-amazon-studios-stay-secret

New link added to the OP

 

[Miguel]

So no more Scotland?. They'll be limiting themselves by filming everything in NZ again. Also, 1.49 billion, are you kidding me?. They can do a lot with that. I'd like episodes to be filmed in NZ but that statement "NZ is the real ME" is a bit of a stretch. There are many locations around the world they could make good use of.

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

So no more Scotland?. They'll be limiting themselves by filming everything in NZ again. Also, 1.49 billion, are you kidding me?. They can do a lot with that. I'd like episodes to be filmed in NZ but that statement "NZ is the real ME" is a bit of a stretch. There are many locations around the world they could make good use of.

Darn it, I wanted something original and different this time.

I smell Peter Jackson afoot.

This already sounds bad news.



CL

 

[Inziladun]

I share your thoughts, I heard they might make use of old sets and such is that true? Still there are many other places that would be great for filming something new.

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

I share your thoughts, I heard they might make use of old sets and such is that true? Still there are many other places that would be great for filming something new.

Well, I guess I am going to have Jackson flashbacks with the films now.

*Sigh*


CL

 

[Inziladun]

It's a shame, I would rather not see a copy of a copy and all, still there is much they have to work with that Jackson did not include in the films, so perhaps there is some hope.

 

[Ithilethiel]

So no more Scotland?. They'll be limiting themselves by filming everything in NZ again. Also, 1.49 billion, are you kidding me?. They can do a lot with that. I'd like episodes to be filmed in NZ but that statement "NZ is the real ME" is a bit of a stretch. There are many locations around the world they could make good use of.

No Scotland! I had so little hope for this series when I first heard about it. Now even that small hope has dimmed. Sorry to be a grinch but just sayin'...

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

No Scotland! I had so little hope for this series when I first heard about it. Now even that small hope has dimmed. Sorry to be a grinch but just sayin'...

Same, I have little to no interest now, as it seems they are not for any sort of creativity, just the same Jacksonian art design.

I do not even care about it anymore. They are catering to the films audience, the casual moviegoers.

Not us.

Bore.


CL

 

[Miguel]

I'm not sure but it might be cheaper and more comfortable for them to have all production in one place instead of having crews taking flights to build sets around existing structures somewhere else, which is what i prefer. In case of the former, this will likely imply higher amounts of CGI work structure wise. I'll say it's very likely filming might take place in other areas as was hinted with the whole Scotland thing. That scouting group could be just one of many others who might have been visiting other potential filming locations, who knows. Speculation OC.