The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Amazon

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies are some of my favorite movies, and books. The stories are epic and the filming is beautiful, but they are only two of the stories that JRR Tolkien wrote about Middle Earth. Amazon will be telling the stories that come before these two, specifically those involving the 20 rings of power forged by Sauron, in a new series called The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. 

Here's the official synopsis from Amazon:

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.

The first episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power arrives on Amazon Prime Video on September 2. New episodes will arrive weekly.