Prime Video is planning to make a big splash for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 at San Diego Comic-Con later this month!
Prime Video will host a big panel in Hall H on Friday from 11:05 a.m.-12:15 p.m. featuring the series’ showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay as well as the cast giving fans an inside look at the second season.
They will also host an exclusive press and influencer reception by invitation only in San Diego on Thursday, July 25. I’ll be surprised if we actually get invited to that.
At 1:45 pm after the panel, at Venue 808 in San Diego, there will be a fan meet-and-greet with the cast. It will be held in conjunction with the official Lord of the Rings fan site TheOneRing.net. There will be a curated collection of costumes and props from Season 2 on display.
I loved the first season of this show and I’ve been really excited about what’s in store for Season 2! There has been some cool stuff teased for the return of the fantasy epic recently, and it’ll be cool to finally experience what the creative team has created.
The series takes place “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.”
In Season 2, “Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will.
“Building on Season 1’s epic scope and ambition, Season 2 of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity.
“Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all… each other.”
The series is being developed by showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. The Rings of Power Season 2 premieres August 29th on Prime Video.
Source: Deadline
