Amazon Prime recently revealed some big news regarding the second season of Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power. The show is currently in production in the UK, and, according to Deadline, it has been revealed who will be directing the episodes for season two. The studio had recently announced new additions to the cast of season two.
First, Amazon revealed that the sophomore season will have the same number of eight episodes as the show’s first season. Second, they announced the team that will be directing the episodes for the new season. The team of directors is entirely female and it includes Charlotte Brändström (The Outsider, Conspiracy of Silence), Sanaa Hamri (Empire, The Wheel of Time), and Louise Hooper (Flesh and Blood, The Sandman).
According to Deadline, Brändström had already directed two episodes for the show’s first season, and at that time she was the only female director. For the second season, she will be leading the all-female directing team.
Brändström was in charge of directing episode six “Udun,” which was the episode that included the battle in the human town between the Númenóreans and the orcs and included the big twist of Mount Doom’s creation and eruption. She also was in charge of episode seven “The Eye” which dealt with the aftermath of the eruption and saw the Númenóreans and humans regroup to assess the damage to their respective people. Brändström will be directing four episodes in the new season and will also work as co-executive producer of the show. Both Hamri and Hopper will each be directing two episodes in season two.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power show centers around the story of the creation of the rings of power, how they came to be, and how they relate to the overall story of Lord of the Rings. The show, which includes multiple perspectives and different narrating characters, focuses mainly on the story of a younger Galadriel, played by Morfydd Clark (Dracula, His Dark Materials), who is convinced that the elves have not defeated Sauron and that they should keep trying to defeat him once and for all. Throughout the show the audience also meets Arondir, played by Ismael Cruz Córdova (The Undoing, Berlin Station), an elf that has been stuck patrolling the small towns of the south for signs of Sauron; Nori, played by Markella Kavenagh (The Gloaming, My First Summer), a Hardfoot who finds a man in the crash site of a meteorite and learns that this stranger, played by Daniel Weyman (Silent Witness, Gentleman Jack) can use magic; and a younger Elrond, played by Robert Aramayo (The King’s Man, Behind Her Eyes), who is helping Lord Celebrimbor, played by Charles Edwards (The Crown, Under the Vines), to build a new elvish city with the help of his dwarf friend Prince Durin, played by Owain Arthur (Casualty, A Confession).
Season one of Rings of Power is available to stream on Amazon Prime. The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy are available on HBO Max.