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TV Insider<\/a> has a well written article in which they have a lot of fun visiting the unnamed secret battle sets for Season 2. “If there\u2019s one word to describe this season, it\u2019s \u201cmore.\u201d More evil. More action. More rings (make that a lot more).” Seems that the leaks may be true that all the 17 remaining rings of power will be seen this season. TV Insider focuses on all the new department heads for Season 2, needed because of moving the production away from New Zealand. “We toured the tent and spoke with one Orc actor who has a special arc this season.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to this article, “The roots of his current \u201cHalbrand\u201d form are explained in the season\u2019s brutal opening scene, which showrunner J.D. Payne<\/a> describes as \u201can Ides of March-esque\u201d sequence that fellow showrunner Patrick McKay<\/a> says will make you \u201cpity\u201d the dark lord.” The Ides of March<\/a> is famously the story of the political betrayal and assassination of Julius Caesar. They also confirm the premiere will be 3 full episodes. Read the whole thing<\/a> – it touches on a lot of the themes going into S2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IGN<\/a> also visited the set and opens with a discussion with the showrunners. Explains McKay, \u201cYou know, it’s really hip to be cynical and roll your eyes and, you know, be postmodern and winky, winky, winky. And we’re just not gonna play that game.\u201d Season 2’s new stunt co-ordinator Ben Cooke “also mentioned a specific stunt for Aramayo where Elrond is cornered and jumps from a 50 ft. waterfall. What\u2019s he running from?!” Season 2 has a whopping 120 physical sets, and the Khazad-d\u00fbm set is bigger in size. Read the written set visit<\/a> by Amy Ratcliffe, then check out the whole bulleted list of official things<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Den of Geek<\/a> joined the set visit festivities with a first person write up, putting the reader in the middle of the mud soaked action on set. “But while the weather may have helped pile on the authentic mud, that First World War vibe is very much a deliberate artistic choice as well. Once we\u2019ve got back to the main studio and dried off, we are shown a miniature model used in designing Adar\u2019s orc encampment for season two. This looks even more like the Western Front in World War I, as it\u2019s full of trenches and ladders, and if it weren\u2019t for the Orcs and the lack of tanks, it could almost be a historical set. Just across the table is a piece of armor with snake details., including the ouroboros symbol\u2014a snake eating its own tail, symbolizing immorality and eternity. The Orc armor is an impressive mish-mash of influences, as the idea behind it is that the Orcs have looted it from other cultures and mixed that in with the bones of their enemies.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nerdist<\/a> focuses on the dwarves with their set visit, revealing the first pic of father and son Durin. Production Designer Kristian Milsted says, \u201cWe could look at what they did for Khazad-d\u00fbm in season one, and we could say, \u2018Okay, now we\u2019re going to give it a twist, and we\u2019re going to make it more sinister, make it more dark.\u2019 It\u2019s about greed. It\u2019s something that the dwarves are good at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Essence Festival 2024<\/a> was in New Orleans over July 4 weekend and featured a dedicated panel for Prime Video’s The Rings of Power and The Boys. Black Girl Nerds<\/a> has the write up, featuring Cynthia Addai-Robinson and Sophia Nomvete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Arondir and Isildur visited the IGN Fan Fest to debut the new character in their storyline: Estrid. Watch the 13 minute clip here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n SDCC is almost here and Deadline<\/a> unveils what Prime Video is bringing to the biggest pop culture stage in the world. We will have more details soon! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Our pals at Collider.com have a series of articles around Season 2 of The Rings of Power. First, Steve Weintraub got to chat with the showrunners on how fans are shaping<\/a> future seasons of the 5-season tentpole series. “Season 2 was largely written before Season 1 came out, but Season 2 has been produced after Season 1 came out. Part of the learning process for us on this is really seeing what people seem to respond to in the show.<\/strong> We also take in everything. We read everything. We read the reviews<\/strong>, we read what you all have written, we read what your colleagues have written, and we read what the fans are saying.” Patrick McKay may be seeing all your Discord<\/a> messages!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next up was an effort to reveal who the meteor man ‘stranger’ is<\/a>, but the showrunners are not revealing anything yet. “Despite what some folks might think, we’re really not about a game; we’re really not about a puzzle. But we also don’t wanna take for granted where characters will end up. We want to see them grow and change along the way, and we hope that in the end, you look back and it feels inevitable, but in the moment\u2026 I\u2019m trying to say it but not say it. [Laughs]” They do reveal that Season 2 will go to Rh\u00fbn, Pelargir, Grey Havens, older parts of N\u00famenor, and deeper into Khazad-d\u00fbm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celebrimbor and Annatar get new pics revealed <\/a>in Collider’s third article of the day. J.D. Payne says, “Season 2 is gonna be all about the villains, and specifically all about Sauron. We’re going to watch as he uses deception, manipulation, lies, coercion, cunning to start to set the chess pieces in motion<\/strong> . He’s gonna go to this person over here and sort of set this group against that group over there and start using people’s inherent trusts and mistrusts and fears against them to start to set up the situations that are all beneficial to him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n By far the most talked about piece of news this last week was EMPIRE magazine’s multi-page exclusive for Season 2 of The Rings of Power. The main reveal was a focus on the first screen representation of the Barrow-wights. While exciting to see these skeletal ghosts finally come to life on screen, it’s not without some concern from global fans<\/a> who fear cultural appropriation and use of stereotypical tropes of “eastern = evil.” But there’s so much ground covered in EMPIRE it’s worth finding an issue with the 3D lenticular cover at a bookstore or read free with an Apple News<\/a>+ subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EMPIRE also reveals<\/a> the first named troll on screen since The Hobbit movies turned Tom, Burt and William to stone. The hill troll Damrod serves Adar in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay talk about the critical feedback to mysteries of Season 1 saying, “The clues to the correct answer were there from the start. 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Light and Dark colliding in Collider<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The huge EMPIRE magazine exclusive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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