The Lord Of The Rings: TheRingsOfPower showrunner Patrick McKay clarifies its connection to Tolkien’s beloved books. “We feel like deep roots of this show are in the books and in Tolkien ... It’s a story we’re stewarding that was here before us...'🙌
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunner Patrick McKay clarifies the show's connection to J.R.R. Tolkien's source material. The Rings of Power is set to mark a return to Tolkien's vast fantasy world of Middle-earth when it releases this fall. The show, which also features J.D.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY While several characters like Galadriel and Elrond will already be familiar to fans of Tolkien's books or Jackson's films, The Rings of Power features an entirely new cast. Previous The Rings of Power trailer have already teased some of what's to come in the highly-anticipated series, including sprawling Middle-earth natural landscapes, vast cities, and impressive practical sets and effects.
“I just want to sort of quibble with the ‘vaguely connected.’ We don’t feel that way. We feel like deep roots of this show are in the books and in Tolkien. And if we didn’t feel that way, we’d all be terrified to sit up here. We feel that this story isn’t ours. It’s a story we’re stewarding that was here before us and was waiting in those books to be on Earth. We don’t feel ‘vaguely connected.’ We feel deeply, deeply connected to those folks and work every day to even be closer connected.
McKay's comments are significant as, considering how beloved the source material is and the fact that The Rings of Power's reported budget makes it the most expensive show ever made, audience expectations are high. When it was announced that The Rings of Power would take place thousands of years before Tolkien's books, many worried that the show would repeat a mistake made by Game of Thrones only several years ago.
The verdict is still out on whether The Rings of Power is a worthy adaptation of Tolkien's source material, but McKay's most recent comment is sure to ease some concern regarding the show's relationship to The Lord of the Rings source material.
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