Prime Video unveiled the trailer of the second season of its highly anticipated series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power at San Diego Comic Con (SDCC). The S2 will premiere on the streaming platform on 29 August 2024.
In The Rings of Power S2, Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without an 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. As friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good—Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots—will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all: each other.
The trailer focuses on the return of the villain Sauron, heralding the return of evil to Middle-Earth after many years of peace among all of its realms. The trailer also featured the creation of more of the titular Rings of Power, forged with the aid of Sauron’s powers of deception and manipulation.
Viewers get a glimpse of creatures that will appear this season, including a young Shelob, an army of Barrow-wights, Hill-troll Damrod, a Sea Worm, and Ents.
At SDCC, the showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay were joined on the stage by the show’s cast to share insights in a session moderated by Emmy-nominated actress Yvette Nicole Brown (Avengers: Endgame, Community).
The cast members who participated in the panel were Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Maxim Baldry, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, Trystan Gravelle, Sam Hazeldine, Ema Horvath, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Charlie Vickers, Benjamin Walker, and Daniel Weyman.
Joining executive producers Payne and McKay for S2 are Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, and Gennifer Hutchison, along with co-executive producer and director Charlotte Brändström, producers Kate Hazell and Helen Shang, and co-producers Clare Buxton, Andrew Lee, Glenise Mullins, and Matthew Penry-Davey. Additional S2 directors include Sanaa Hamri and Louise Hooper.
The Lord of the Rings is a multimedia franchise created by J.R.R. Tolkein set in the fictional world of Middle Earth and is centred around the story of the War of the Ring and follows the protagonist, the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and the fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One ring, to ensure the destruction of its maker, the dark lord Sauron.
