30 Facts About The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are set during the Third Age, while the First and Second Ages are explored in other Tolkien writings such as The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was influenced by his own childhood growing up in Spain following the Francoist dictatorship.

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The role was described as being "one The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power more coveted jobs" for young actors in Hollywood before Poulter's casting.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was later revealed to be playing a young version of the character Elrond, who was portrayed by Hugo Weaving in the films.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power explained that Amazon had reviewed the first episodes and decided to recast his character, who was reported to be Celebrimbor.

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The rest The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power cast came from Australia, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power chose to build as many practical sets as possible, wanting the series to "feel real and honest.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power added "arboreal details" to reflect the Elves' love of nature.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power used the color blue in a lot of the city's locations to emphasize the culture's relationship with water and sailing.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power noted that there had been advancements in the technology available since the films were produced, including encapsulated silicone that looks much more like real skin than previous techniques.

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Details The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power memoranda were revealed in April 2021, when New Zealand's Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Stuart Nash, revealed that Amazon was spending on the first season, making it eligible for in tax rebates.

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Table reads with the cast began in New Zealand by mid-January 2020, ahead The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power start of filming in early February, under the working title Untitled Amazon Project or simply UAP.

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The crew took advantage The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power extended break in filming to refine the designs and scripts for the season, including adjusting the ending The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season to better align with the second-season storylines that the writers were working on.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power planned to ship all of the sets that were built for the first season to the UK, and hire a new UK-based crew since the majority of the first season's crew was New Zealand-based.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power suggested that future seasons would be visiting new lands within Tolkien's world that would justify having new filming locations.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was said to be interested in developing musical themes but not necessarily composing the entire score.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power spent two months writing new musical themes based on the scripts, which he compared to writing a symphony, and then used those to compose nine hours of music for the first season over eight months.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power wanted to honor Shore's musical legacy and hoped to create a "continuity of concept" between the series and films, with the 15 new themes he wrote for the season being added to the "pantheon of memorable melodies" that Shore had written.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power did note that his music would reflect the series's depiction of "these societies at their peak" compared to Shore's music for the Third Age which had "a wistfulness and a melancholy".

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McCreary was still writing music for the first season in Los Angeles while recording for most The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episodes took place, but he was able to conduct the orchestra for the final episode at AIR Studios in April 2022.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power said the online reaction was likely not representative of general opinions on the series and noted that Jackson's films, which were "beloved by mainstream audiences", faced similar complaints from Tolkien fans.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power explained that many fans had come to accept the changes Jackson made to adapt The Lord of the Rings, but the same could not be said for his Hobbit films.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power added, "being a good fantasy show on its own merit is simply not going to be enough.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stated that this was the biggest premiere ever for the service.

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Kevin Perry from The Independent praised the series saying that it "rummages around in JRR Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' appendices and comes up with gold".

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power felt the audience rating would increase if the series could "deliver consistent quality over time.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power attributed the positive responses to "TV aficionados" and other fans.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stated that among members of the society, some loved the series, others were unsure, but "very few people are just writing it off.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's stories are about his fictional races doing their best work when they leave the isolation of their own cultures and come together.

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Discussion The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power casting backlash continued after the series premiered, including in analysis The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power alleged review bombing on websites such as Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, and Google.

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