In 2022, two totally different fantasy collection went head-to-head, with HBO’s Home of the Dragon and Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy debuting inside weeks of one another. This summer time, the 2 exhibits could have far: Dragon premieres in June, whereas Prime Video has revealed the August launch date for the Season 2 return of its lavish prequel collection, together with a teaser spotlighting how evil has discovered new buy in Center-Earth.
The Rings of Energy relies not on J.R.R. Tolkien’s unique trilogy of books, however on ancillary writings by the legendary author (it’s sophisticated). Right here’s the official description for Season 2, courtesy of Amazon:
In Season 2 of The Rings of Energy, Sauron has returned. Forged out by Galadriel, with out military or ally, the rising Darkish Lord should now depend on his personal crafty to rebuild his energy and oversee the creation of the Rings of Energy, which is able to enable him to bind all of the peoples of Center-earth to his sinister will… As friendships are strained and kingdoms start to fracture, the forces of excellent will battle ever extra valiantly to carry on to what issues to them most of all… one another.
The brand new teaser trailer hints at as a lot, whereas additionally that includes so many rings (becoming, on condition that the phrase “rings” seems twice simply within the title). The returning forged for Season 2 contains Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Daniel Weyman, Benjamin Walker, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, and Charlie Vickers as Sauron. As well as, actors together with Ben Daniels, Ciarán Hinds, and Rory Kinnear have been added to the forged in undisclosed roles.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy Season 2 debuts Thursday, August twenty ninth on Prime Video. Try the primary teaser trailer under, and revisit our conversations with the forged of Season 1 in regards to the huge scope of the collection.
As we realized final week, a new Lord of the Rings film can be within the works. Titled The Hunt for Gollum, the movie can be directed by and star Andy Serkis, who will reprise his character from the unique trilogy.