Amazon Studios has teased what to expect from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, and it sounds like things are getting darker and more intense now that Sauron has been unveiled.
Executive producer Lindsey Weber spoke to Deadline about what’s to come in the sophomore season for Prime Video. Naturally, the discussion is full of spoilers.
Weber explained that Season 2 is “fundamentally different” because Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) has been revealed to be Sauron. The villain is now “out and about and doing his thing,” Weber said, and this will lead to some changes in Season 2.
“It’s going to grittier, more intense, maybe a little scarier,” Weber said. “Certainly, it has a lot of the same other tonal ranges that you find in the show, which we feel are really sort of fundamental to feeling like you’re in Middle-earth, but once Sauron is openly on the move and working his plans, things get rather interesting.”
Vickers, meanwhile, said in another interview that Season 2 will feature some “really famous stories” taken from The Silmarillion, though he did not elaborate as to what they may be.
Season 2 will introduce a new character, the ancient elf Cirdan, and showrunner Patrick McKay teased that they have “cast a wonderful actor to play him,” though it’s too soon to reveal this person. Whatever the case, Cirdan won’t be the only new character joining Rings of Power in Season 2 and beyond.
“Part of the fun of telling a story in Middle-earth is that there’s all these wonderful canon characters that you’ve met Season 1 and then there are additional canon characters that we will get to in future seasons,” McKay said. “If you know the lore, you know, anybody is fair game who might have been a part of the world at this time.”
The Rings of Power Season 2 is now in production in the UK.
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