The Rings of Power series, currently airing on Prime Video, focused on an almost entirely different theme than the Second Age and Sauron’s patient return to Middle-earth. Indeed, the famous film brothers came up with an idea that they rejected.
in the article THRWe learn that brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of two Captain America movies (The Winter Soldier and Civil War) and two Avengers (Infinity War and Endgame) have proposed a TV series in the Lord of the Rings universe.
They actually “put” on Prime Video the story of the Third Age, which told the story of Aragorn, alias the Wandering Striders, aka the leader of the Dunedain of the North, a direct descendant of Valandil, the last son of Isildur’s son. Elendil.
Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings
While it was already known that an Aragorn spin-off was in the works, the fact that it came from the Russo brothers was not.
They weren’t alone in their idea, as was Anthony McCarten, Oscar nominee for the screenplays for Darkest Hours and The Beautiful Story of Time, who also had an idea that wasn’t specified by THR but was described as “Shakespearean”.
Unbeknownst to them are the chosen showrunners (Patrick McKay and JD Payne), who still have nothing in their filmography and lack the pedigree to give them an advantage over the aforementioned big names, other than starring. script doctor Star Trek: Without Limits). What saves them is their knowledge of Tolkien’s world and their ambitious proposal for a second season adaptation over five seasons.
Gandalf the White
Back when Prime Video had yet to acquire the rights, HBO offered a look at The Third Age (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) in a series that would delve deeper into Peter Jackson’s adaptations, which were released in 2001 and 2003.
Netflix wanted him to “surprise” the world with a series of prominent characters such as Gandalf or Aragorn. Obviously, Tolkien’s successors preferred the “newer”.
Tomorrow airs on Prime Video with the 7th and final episode of the first season titled Debtwhich will continue the evolution of the second era, which has gray areas and which allows creators Patrick McKay and JD Payne to invent their own stories.
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