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These Tolkien fans pitched a 50-hour ‘Lord of the Rings’ ‘mega-epic.’ ‘The Rings of Power’ is the result

Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne had been writing screenplays together for two decades when Amazon Studios announced it had acquired the rights to make a TV series based on the fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord Of The Rings.”

The Orange County Register

'Rings of Power' Season 2 will feature a fan-favorite character Peter Jackson snubbed

The showrunners behind 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' have confirmed that one fan-favorite Tolkien character will appear in the Amazon series' second season.

Inverse

Rings of Power: Everything you need to know about Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings prequel

Fans of epic fantasy tale Lord of the Rings, written by a First World War soldier, are already clamouring for details of The Rings of Power, will be a prequel to the book the author started writing in 1937

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'Rings of Power' leak reveals a surprising Sauron twist

Sauron may not be the first villain introduced in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.' Here's why fans believe Tolkien's greatest villain won't have much of a role in the Amazon show's first season.

Inverse

'Rings of Power' has a Gandalf problem — 2 mysterious characters can fix it

Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' prequel series can't use Gandalf, but that doesn't mean there aren't characters who can make up for his absence. Here’s how 'The Rings of Power' can still include a wizard (or two).

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