A whimsical promotional video for Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power features Middle Earth's shepherds of the trees.
Unlike other promos for the upcoming Amazon Prime's high fantasy series, this new video is set in our world. It follows a young, awkward boy as he discovers the Lord of the Rings books, becoming a passionate fan of the series before attending a special screening of The Rings of Power's premiere in what appears to be an elf cosplay. Part way through, the kid imagines the tree outside his classroom transforming into an Ent, suggesting that the ancient race will appear in the show.
According to author J.R.R. Tolkien's lore, Ents are one of the oldest races in Middle Earth and were created by Yavanna, the Aratar responsible for all fruits and other plant life, to protect the world's forests from Dwarves and the expansion of their mines. In the Lord of the Rings novels, the Ents led by Treebeard team up with the hobbits Merry and Pippin to destroy Isengard after Saruman clear-cuts the surrounding trees.
The Rings of Power, announced in November 2017, has been largely shrouded in mystery regarding its characters and plot. Reportedly, Amazon cast many actors without informing them exactly who they would portray. However, some details have been revealed as the premiere date draws closer. Earlier this year, Amazon Studios announced many of the narrative's major players, including Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo). Several new characters to the world of Lord of Rings, like Sophia Nomvete's Dwarven Princess Disa and Ismael Cruz Córdova's Silvan Elf Arondir, were also introduced.
Moreover, co-showrunner J.D. Payne provided some insight into what the show's story has in store. "We talked with the Tolkien estate," he explained. "If you are true to the exact letter of the law, you are going to be telling a story in which your human characters are dying off every season because you're jumping 200 years in time, and then you're not meeting really big, important canon characters until season four. Look, there might be some fans who want us to do a documentary of Middle-earth, but we're going to tell one story that unites all these things." The creative team behind the series plans for The Rings of Power to run for at least five seasons.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set to debut on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 2.
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