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# Amazon announces the cast for its Lord of the Rings-inspired series
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/amazon-announces-lord-of-the-rings-of-power-cast/
- Published: 2020-01-14T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-13T14:54:53.000Z
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: News, Lord of the Rings

During the Television Critics Association press tour today, Amazon [officially unveiled](https://deadline.com/2020/01/lord-of-the-rings-amazon-studios-sets-series-cast-tca-1202830413/?ref=andrewliptak.com) the cast for its upcoming *Lord of the Rings*\-inspired TV series, and that production on the eight-episode first season will begin in February.

The cast of the series includes Robert Aramayo (*Game of Thrones) —* reportedly playing the show’s lead character, Owain Arthur (*Higher Ground*), Nazanin Boniadi (*Passengers*), Tom Budge (*The Pacific*), Morfydd Clark (*His Dark Materials*) — reportedly playing a young Galadriel, Ismael Cruz Córdova (*The Undoing*), Ema Horvath (*Viscous*), Markella Kavenagh (*The Cry*), Joseph Mawle (*Game of Thrones*) — reportedly the show’s main antagonist, Tyroe Muhafidin (*Caravan*), Sophia Nomvete (*Vice Versa*), Megan Richards (*Doctors*), Dylan Smith (*I Am The Night)*, Charlie Vickers (*Medici: Masters of Florence*), and Daniel Weyman (*Dunkirk*).

In its press release, Amazon noted that the series will be set in Middle-earth, and that it “will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s *The Fellowship of the Ring*,” believed to take place during the world’s “Second Age.” J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay will act as showrunners for the series, while *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* J.A. Bayona director will helm the first two episodes. Last year, Amazon [preemptively renewed](https://www.andrewliptak.com/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-season-two-renewal/) the series for a second season.

Amazon didn’t unveil an official title or release date for the series.