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‘Rings of Power’ Bosses on New Parts of Middle-earth, Last-Minute Visual Effects and Why They Haven’t Changed Course From Season 1
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay explore new regions of Middle-earth for Season 2.
Season 2 opens, for example, with a sequence the writers first conceived six years ago: the depiction of what McKay calls “the show-canon origin story” for Sauron, a geeky way of acknowledging that many details about the Second Age, unwritten by Tolkien, had to be invented for the series. The series, however, will also venture into literal uncharted territory east of Sauron’s domain of Mordor, a barren wilderness called Rhûn where the Stranger (Daniel Weyman) — a wizard who may or may not be an early version of Gandalf — travels with his Harfoot companion, Nori (Markella Kavenagh), to find his purpose. “We’re looking to bring people to the service and we’re hoping to get lots of signups again.” (Sanders won’t confirm, however, whether Amazon will be releasing viewership data like the studio did for “Fallout” and the most recent season of “The Boys”: “We’ll definitely be sharing if there are things that feel like they really stand out,” he says.)
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