Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Villain Confirmed To Return In Rings Of Power Season 2
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powershowrunner Patrick McKay teases the Ent storyline in season 2, and its inclusion of one Tolkien lore element. After premiering in 2022, the hit Prime Video fantasy series, which also features J.D. Payne as showrunner, is now gearing up to bring viewers back to Middle-earth.The Rings of Powerseason 2trailers have already teased the arrival of plenty of new characters, locations, and monsters in the sophomore outing, including Ents, the tree-like beings previously featured in Peter Jackson’sLord of the Ringstrilogy.
In a recent interview withSFX Magazine(viaGamesRadar+), McKay reveals more about how the Ents will feature inThe Rings of Powerseason 2. According to the showrunner, it will be Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova) who will first encounter the creatures, andaudiences will also be getting a first look at an Ent-wife. Check out McKay’s comment below:
“This season, we have an incredible sequence involving the character Arondir [Ismael Cruz Córdova] in the middle of the season, where he’s going to uncover a mystery that will lead him to a very surprising encounter with a pair of Ents. They are the shepherds of the forest, which are talking, walking trees.
“Ents are a thing that we know exist in Middle-earth but we’ve never seen a couple of Ents, including an Ent wife. So that’s an instance of a thing that ostensibly is not a moment fans have been anticipating, or expecting to happen on the way to the road to the Battle of Eregion.
“There’s a lot of moments in between that are hopefully just as delightful, or maybe even more surprising. But that’s the fun of it all, right? In Middle-earth, you never know what you’re gonna get.”
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How The Rings Of Power Season 2 Expands The World Of Middle-earth
Expect Some New Lord Of The Rings Creatures & Locations
BetweenThe Rings of Powerseason 1and Jackson’sLord of the RingsandHobbitmovies, the world of Middle-earth has now been fairly extensively explored on-screen. Season 2 of the Prime Video series is, however, set to introduce some fresh elements into the mix that audiences haven’t seen before. In addition to the first female Ent, the show will also be introducing the first Hill-troll, a creature by the name of Damrod who will be voiced by Benjamin Walker. Damrod will be a key figure in Adar’s (Sam Hazeldine) army.
Adar was played by actor Joseph Mawle in season 1, but Hazeldine takes over the role for season 2.
It’s also now been confirmed thatThe Rings of Powerseason 2 will feature Barrow-wights. Barrow-wights were wraith-like monsters who did appear in Tolkien’sThe Fellowship of the Ring, but that section of Frodo’s story didn’t ultimately make it into Jackson’s adaptation. Season 2 is expected to feature an army of the beings, and they can be briefly seen in trailers in a misty, forested environment, surrounding Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and other key members of theRings of Power’s castof characters.
In terms of Middle-earth locations,The Rings of Powerseason 2 will be bringing the land of Rhûn to life on-screen for the first time. The Stranger (Daniel Weyman) will be traveling to this desert location in a sequence that the showrunners have previously likened to a “TolkenienLawrence of Arabia.” In addition to the above elements, it’s likely thatThe Rings of Powerseason 2 will have some other exciting surprises in store for viewers as well.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerseason 2 premieres on August 29 on Prime Video.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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Set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power explores the forging of the iconic rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, and the epic events leading up to the stories in J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novels. The series chronicles the creation of legendary characters and the historic alliances and rivalries that shape the fate of Middle-earth.
