(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 14 - It is one of the most anticipated series of 2022 and a first 60-second spot was shown during the interval of the Super Bowl, the moment of maximum TV listening in America: it is The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
In the teaser trailer, the very first audio-visual glimpses of JRR Tolkien's Second Era, unveiling a whole new legend coming from Amazon Studios and showrunners JD Payne and PatrickMcKay, which will begin on September 2nd.
The commercial shows some of the characters - Elves, Dwarves and Men - played by the cast of the series and some of the places that sweep across the Arda, and takes the audience on a journey full of action, wonder and emotion, with the magnificence of cinematic style.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings the heroic legends of the mythical Second Age of Middle-earth history to the screen for the first time.
This epic drama takes place thousands of years prior to the events narrated in JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers to a distant era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms ascended to glory and fell into ruin, unlikely heroes were put to death. trial, hope hanging on the thinnest of strings, and one of the greatest villains to come out of Tolkien's pen threatened to plunge the whole world into darkness.
Starting from a moment of relative peace, the series follows a group of characters, some already known, others new, as they prepare to face the long-feared return of evil to Middle-earth.
The Lord of the Rings books have also been translated in 38 languages and have sold more than 150 million copies.
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