The trailer for ‘The Lord of the Rings’ series premiered at Comic-Con International

Nomadic hobbits, bearded dwarves and enslaved elves: Amazon finally revealed scenes from its highly anticipated TV series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power This Friday at Comic-Con.

The ambitious saga that brought JRR Tolkien’s book world to the small screen took nearly five years in the makingsince Amazon Prime bought the rights for $250 million.

Fans, many of whom held ranks outside the world’s most famous pop culture gathering, were rewarded with the first photos, as well as interviews with creators and 21 hobbits, elves and dwarves in an hour-and-a-half presentation, led by host Stephen Colbert.

“As fans and viewers of Middle-earth and Tolkien, we didn’t want to create an episodic story or an origin for something else,” co-author Patrick McKay said. “We wanted to find the mega Tolkien saga. And Amazon was crazy enough to say ‘Yeah, let’s do it.'”

It is estimated that Amazon spent more than $1,000 million in the five seasons of the seriesThe duration of each one is ten hours, and the first episode will be released on its platform on September 2.

Morfydd Clark and Robert Amayo will play younger versions of the elves Galadriel and Elrond, known to audiences from the Academy Award-winning trilogy. Lord of the RingsDirected by Peter Jackson.

But after setting the series some 4,000 years before the Jackson Trilogy, in the fictional “Second Age”, a historical period about which Tolkien didn’t go into much detail, The creators got the license to incorporate many new characters.

“The page was blank,” co-founder J.D. Payne said. “Amazon bought the rights to 10,000 years of Middle-earth history and said, ‘Okay, let’s welcome whoever comes in and hear what they have to say. “

“We feel the second era is incredible. It is Tolkien’s amazing and untold story that is central to forming the rings of power.”

It turns out The series is a personal obsession for Amazon founder Jeff Bezosand represents the company’s largest move in the so-called “war flowWith competitors like Netflix and Disney+.

Much of the budget was used in the expensive production, something that was made clear to fans who thronged to the massive Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center where Comic-Con is being held, and witnessed Friday tractor And five clips of the show.

Although details of the text were not disclosed, detailed scenarios taken from the books, such as the reign of Numenor Island, have been predicted. On the giant screens in three quarters of the arena with a capacity of 6000, evoking expressions of surprise.

“We’ve done everything that is humanly possible,” said executive producer Lindsey Webber. “We built an entire city out of several blocks and an entire sidewalk. It’s crazy and huge,” McKay said.

One of the hairy passages shows the nomadic ancestors of the Hobbits Lord of the RingsLiving in carts and not in holes.

Another movie shows the grandiose reign of dwarves, with the first bearded dwarves, and the third featuring a group of chained elves, forced to work for a gang of evil orcs.

The program should go head to head with Dragon Housea string derived from Game of thrones from HBOwhich will be shown on Saturday in the same crowded Hall H, the heart of Comic-Con.

The pop culture event is being held in person and in a full house for the first time in three years, after two virtual versions due to the pandemic.

Disney will wrap up its big Comic-Con shows Saturday night, with the expectation that it will focus on Marvel superheroes, including the highly anticipated “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” sequel.

* With information from AFP.