Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is one of the first major network/studio/streaming service productions to confirm they will have a large presence at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con. The series’ official Comic-Con announcement revealed showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay will join members of the large ensemble cast for a panel in Hall H – the largest hall at the popular pop culture convention.
Prime Video didn’t say which cast members will be in attendance or announce the panel’s date and time. The 2022 San Diego Comic-Con runs July 20 – 24 in downtown San Diego. Last year’s Con was pushed to a November date and limited in size, due to the continuing threat of Covid-19. This year’s event is expected to be closer in attendance numbers to the pre-pandemic gatherings, and organizers are requiring all attendees to wear masks.
Fans in attendance will be treated to a first look at the new fantasy series launching on Prime Video on Friday, September 2, 2022.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stars Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, Sophia Nomvete as Princess Disa, and Morfydd Clark as Galadriel. Robert Aramayo plays Elrond, Ismael Cruz Córdova is Arondir, Nazanin Boniadi is Bronwyn, Maxim Baldry is Isildur, Charles Edwards is Wolf Marloh, Sir Lenny Henry is Sadoc Burrows, and Charlie Vickers stars as Halbrand.
Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Trystan Gravelle, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Tyroe Muhafidin, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Weyman, and Sara Zwangobani also star.
Showrunners Payne and McKay executive produce along with Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, J.A. Bayona, Belén Atienza, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, Gennifer Hutchison, Bruce Richmond, and Sharon Tal Yguado. Bayona, Charlotte Brändström, and co-executive producer Wayne Che Yip direct season one episodes.
Prime Video released the following description of the fantasy series:
“Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history.
This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books, 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 one of the greatest villains 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 reemergence 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 farthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.”
