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WILL POULTER to be Cast in Amazon’s LORD OF THE RINGS TV Show

Amazon announced that its upcoming much expected “Lord of the ring” series has found one of its lead actors.

British actor Will Poulter has been named to star in one of the show’s lead roles, Variety reported. The exact nature of Poulter’s character is being kept under wraps. Variety also reported in July that it was rumoured Australian actress Markella Kavenagh was in discussion with a lead role in the upcoming series as well.

Amazon declined to comment.

Poulter’s reported character is named “Beldor,” although no further details were provided. Markella Kaveneagh was cast back in July as “Tyra.”

This is a huge step forward for Poulter, as it was one of the more sought after roles in Holywood. The actor already had a strong showing in 2019, with lead roles in Netflix’s acclaimed interactive “Black Mirror” movie “Bandersnatch” and the Ari Aster horror pic “Midsommar.  Poulter is also known for lead roles in “The Maze Runner” franchise, “The Revenant,” and “Detroit.”

And according to another site, Deadline, the TV series will “explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring.” No premiere date for the in-development series has been announced.

The “Lord of the Rings” series is being developed by the writing team of JD Payne and Patrick McKay. In addition, “Game of Thrones” alum Bryan Cogman has signed on as a consulting producer on the project with J.A. Bayona set to direct multiple episodes.

In addition to those previously mentioned, the show’s full creative team will consist of: executive producers Lindsey Weber, Bruce Richmond, Gene Kelly, and Amazon’s former head of genre programming Sharon Tal Yguado; writer and executive producer Gennifer Hutchison; writer and executive producer Jason Cahill; writer and executive producer Justin Doble; consulting producer Stephany Folsom; producer Ron Ames; writer and co-producer Helen Shang; and writing consultant Glenise Mullins. Bayona will also executive produce along with his partner Belén Atienza.

Little is known about the plot of the “Lord of the Rings” series beyond the fact it will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring.” The show’s official Twitter account sent out an picture of the map along with the two messages: “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie,” as well as “Welcome to the Second Age.” In the Tolkien mythology, the Second Age was the time in which the Rings of Power, including Sauron’s One Ring, came into existence.

Variety exclusively reported that in November 2017 that a “Lord of the Rings” series was in the works at Amazon, with the streamer announcing a multi-season production commitment shortly thereafter. Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment will be producing the TV series.

Many stars of the original film trilogy – Elijah Wood’s Frodo, Sean Astin’s Sam or Viggo Mortensen’s Aragorn – would not have been alive in the Second Age, so the chance of them appearing in the serial is pretty slim. But one character who could conceivably turn up is Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellen). When Ian was asked if he could ever see himself returning, or see a younger actor replace him as the wizard, the Oscar-nominated actor said: ‘What do you mean, another Gandalf? I haven’t said yes because I haven’t been asked. But are you suggesting that someone else is going to play it? Gandalf is over 7,000 years old, so I’m not too old.’

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