The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power promotion has kicked up a notch or two over the past couple of weeks, and on the heels of the recent SDCC trailer, Entertainment Weekly has debuted a series of motion covers spotlighting all 22 main characters.
Well, most of them!
The likes of Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards), Isildur (Maxim Baldry) and the rest of the Elves, Dwarves, Harfoots and humans who will stand against the rising darkness are here, but one main player is conspicuous by his absence: Sauron the Deceiver!
We got a first glimpse of the demonic villain (Anson Boon) in his Annatar form, but it has been confirmed that he will shape-shift throughout the course of the season, which means we will likely see something a little closer to his black armored warrior look from Peter Jackson's movies at some point.
Check out the covers in the Twitter thread below. You can also take another look at the latest trailer.
Amazon Studios’ forthcoming series 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, 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 the greatest villain 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 re-emergence 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 furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set to premiere on Friday, September 2.