The second season of one of the most expensive TV shows ever made just got a thrilling new look and an even more exciting update. A new report fromTotal Filmrevealed both an exclusive image of Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) in the upcomingLord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeason 2, and also features interviews with showrunnersPatrick McKayandJ.D. Payne. The new image shows Galadriel in a forest at night, holding her bow in one hand and ready to charge into battle. As for the interviews, McKay dropped an interesting bit of information about where Season 2 begins in contrast to where Season 1 ends. When asked to elaborate on the beginning of the second season, McKay had this to say:
“Do you want to hear the opening? We open in the darkness, an orc walks in, and we see there are thousands of orcs gathered. He’s about to be crowned, pitching his vision of Middle-earth, and right before they lay the crown on his head, his right-hand man, Adar, turns it upside down, and stabs him in the back. It’s the assassination of Sauron.”
In short,The Rings of PowerSeason 2will open with a flashback, and not pick up at the end of Season 1. Considering Season 1 waited until near the end to reveal thatCharlie Vickers' Halbrand was actually Sauron, and we got very little of his backstory, this could very well be a smart choice to provide audience members less familiar with existing canon with some backstory to who Sauron is. This also falls perfectly in line with what was said earlier in the promotional tour, thatSeason 2 would focus more on the villains than the heroes.
‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Will Center Around Sauron
IfSeason 2 is going to focus more on the villains, then there’s no one with a bigger role to play than Sauron. in any great movie or TV show, even the ones with the most impressive ensemble casts, there’s usually one force moving everything forward. ForThe Rings of PowerSeason 2, that force is Sauron, according to showrunner McKay:
“Right from the beginning, Sauron is the center of gravity. It’s an ensemble show, but the focus is starting to get pulled towards him. He’s driving everything.”
Vickers put on an impressive but very subdued performance inThe Rings of PowerSeason 1, and now it appears he’ll have full reign to unleash his villainous side in Season 2.The Rings of Poweris one of themost expensive TV shows ever made, with the first season costing roughly $58 million per episode, amounting to more than $450 million. With the story expanding even further,expectThe Rings of PowerSeason 2 to be even more grand in scale than Season 1.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeason 2 premieres on August 29. Check out the new image from the second season above and stream the first season ofRings of PoweronPrime Video.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
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