'The Lord of the Rings:' Amazon reveals series' title and release date

 


Amazon Prime Video has announced much-awaited news for fans of the upcoming Lord of the Rings adaptation prequel series.

The streaming giant on Wednesday revealed that the upcoming J.R.R. Tolkien's adaptation for the small screen will be titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

The makers also teased some of the details of Second Age, which got fans excited.

The series, set thousands of years before the events of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, will see heroes and villains deal with the creation of the Rings and new and familiar deals with the source of evil behind them - Sauron, according to its showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay.

Payne and McKay further said in a statement that the series "unifies all the major stories from the Second Age of Middle-earth: The Forging of the Rings, the Rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the epic tale of Numenor and the final alliance of the Elves and Men," Familiar stories from Tolkienites.

The series is set to begin streaming on Amazon's Prime Video service in early September.

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