- Amazon has offered an replace on The Rings of Power season 3
- Filming is underway on the Prime Video present’s subsequent installment
- The Lord of the Rings prequel collection has additionally added three new actors to its forged
Amazon has introduced the most recent forged additions to The Rings of Power as principal pictures lastly will get underway on the hit present’s third season.
In a press launch, the tech and e-commerce large’s leisure division confirmed filming had not too long ago begun on The Rings of Power season 3 at Shepperton Studios within the UK. That’s the identical location that The Lord of the Rings prequel collection’ second season was shot and produced at.
Three new forged members have been additionally revealed as a part of the excessive fantasy Prime Video present’s subsequent chapter.
Andrew Richardson, who some viewers may acknowledge from Apple TV+ sci-fi miniseries Extrapolations, will characteristic as a season 3 common. Zubin Varla, who portrayed Xanwan in Andor‘s first season on Disney+, and Adam Young, who appeared in two episodes of Apple TV Original Masters of the Air, are additionally on board in recurring roles.
The trio be a part of fellow season 3 newcomers Jamie-Campbell Bower and Eddie Marsan on the forged roster, with the Stranger Things and Heartstopper stars signing on in late February. That pair’s hiring got here two weeks after Amazon MGM Studios formally renewed The Rings of Power for a 3rd season.
Which characters will Richardson, Varla, and Young play in The Rings of Power season 3?
We do not know. Amazon hasn’t revealed who they will painting in the most effective Prime Video reveals’ third installment, however that will not cease me from speculating on who they could play.
Per its official plot temporary, The Rings of Power season 3 will “bounce ahead a number of years” to the peak of the War of the Elves and Sauron. This near-decade lengthy battle ought to type the premise of subsequent season’s plot alongside Sauron’s creation of the One Ring. It’s doable, then, that Richardson, Varla, and Young might merely be new characters who’re commanders, lieutenants, or peculiar troopers for every military.
However, it is also a risk that a number of of them might assume the position of established characters who widespread Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary works.
I beforehand urged that Marsan might play Durin IV’s brother, who may vie together with his sibling for Khazad-dûm’s throne subsequent season. Could somebody like Varla, although, play him as an alternative?
Then there’s the prospect that considered one of subsequent season’s subplots will heart on Sauron gifting the ultimate 9 Rings of Power to the Kings of Men.
Canonically, Middle-earth’s Dark Lord does so earlier than he fashions the One Ring to Rule Them All. The Rings of Power has been fairly liberal in its depiction of how and when occasions play out within the Second Age, however it would not make sense if Sauron creates his personal ring earlier than presenting the remaining rings to the people who’ll change into his most trusted lieutenants, aka the Ringwraiths. After all, he cannot use the Kings of Men’s rings to bend them to his will with out the One Ring.
So, if and when the Kings of Men are offered with this nonuplet, it is believable that Richardson, Varla, and/or Young may play a few of these people. That consists of the monarch who goes on to change into The Witch-King of Angmar and Khamul the Easterling, the latter of whom additionally turns into one of many 9 Ringwraiths.
Season 3 does not have a launch date but, so we’ll be ready some time to seek out out who these actors will play. For now, get additional insights into what subsequent season’s story may entail by trying out my ending explainer on The Rings of Power season 2, or trying out a few of my unique season 2 finale protection under.
