Director JA Bayona Says Production Team Will Respect JRR Tolkien’s Most Important Element The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
The ever-expanding fantasy world of Middle-earth comes to life in a TV series adaptation coming in a few weeks. In his interview with SFX MagazineBayona said the series stays true to the aesthetics of the world created by the author.
“When you read Tolkien’s books, you can tell how much he appreciates beauty, so the show is full of beauty. Tolkien is inherently optimistic, warm and emotional. He’s a man who’s been through some of the darkest things in human history. [in the First World War]and he didn’t come out of it writing a horrible, desperate story.”
Rings Of Power will bring hope and love to the center of its story
Bayona also mentioned that hope and optimism are central to the story, and this is the central theme of the series. Set thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, power rings is essentially a story of hope.
“[Tolkien] wrote a story about hope and a successful little guy. We’ve always thought it was rule number one that you need true optimism and love, even in the darkest and scariest moments of the show..”
JD Payne, the show’s co-host, added that the five-season series will focus on “the rise and fall of Sauronand he also described it as a massive Tolkienian multi-epic. It will explore the long history of Middle-earth from a time of peace to the rise to power of the Dark Lord Sauron.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power the first season will arrive on Prime Video this September 2.
