This article contains spoilers for the Season One finale of Rings of Power.
When it comes to Rings of Power’s next move, the question isn’t, “Will Rings of Power get a Season Two?” but, “When will Rings of Power get a Season Two?” You see, per the particularities of Prime Video’s deal with the J.R.R. Tolkien estate, the streamer could only purchase these adaptation rights if they committed to five seasons of television. “They knew from the beginning that was the size of the canvas,” co-showrunner J.D. Payne said of the estate. “There are things in the first season that don’t pay off until Season Five. We even know what our final shot of the last episode is going to be.”
Prime Video will be in the Rings of Power business for years to come—and with Season One officially at an end, viewers are already looking ahead to Season Two. Luckily, filming on the eight-episode season began in London just last week. Read on for everything we know about what’s next for Rings of Power.
What Could Happen in Rings of Power Season Two?
So far, just one detail is confirmed: Prime Video has announced that Círdan, one of the oldest and wisest of the elves, will join the story during Season Two. Although the role has yet to be cast, Círdan has an important part to play in Middle-earth’s history. During the Second Age, Círdan and his people founded the Grey Havens, where they built ships that carried elves to the Undying Lands. Blessed with the gift of foresight, Círdan wore the Elven ring Narya, fought alongside High King Gil-galad in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, and ruled over the Grey Havens through the Third and Fourth Ages.
As for where else the story will go, the showrunners offered some clues in a new interview with Esquire. As for Galadriel, who’s been deceived and wooed by Sauron, darkness lies ahead. “I think there has to be a reckoning,” Payne told Esquire. “Even knowing that Sauron was partially involved in the science behind the making of the rings, we see her give the go-ahead to make the rings anyway. She also has to bear some responsibility; ‘I empowered the Dark Lord. I saved his life on a raft. I was party to him coming from obscurity to head an army.’ That’s a lot she has to wrestle with and be accountable for. I think we can expect to see her having to pick up those threads and see how those decisions impact her various relationships.” McKay noted that Elrond has discovered evidence of Galadriel hiding information from him, adding, “Her facing the consequences of that has not ended yet.”
Speaking of Galadriel—remember in Episode Seven when she off-handedly mentions that she was once married? Sounds like we haven’t seen the last of that tidbit, either. “As far as Celeborn goes, we wanted to let people know that this is a part of her that could become important later on,” Payne told Esquire. “We didn’t take him off the board and say he’s dead. She says, ‘I never saw him again’ and we leave it as an ellipsis. But if and when that comes back, that would be like a freight train crashing into her, if the love of her life is still around. Now that we’ve spread the foundation of her relationships with Sauron, Elrond, and even Gil-Galad, we have the opportunity in future seasons to see how other relationships, maybe including Celeborn, will continue to show other sides of her.”
And with Sauron and the rings of power officially in play, the show is off to the races. “Obviously Sauron is now a chess piece on the board,” McKay told Esquire. “Now that he’s a chess piece on the board, there are a lot of dominoes that start to fall. The ring poem is in a song at the end of the eighth episode sung by Fiona Apple and composed by Bear McCreary. Seven rings, nine rings, one ring—each batch could potentially be a new turn in the story and a new turn in Sauron’s development through the Second Age. Right there in the eighth episode, there’s some hints as to where we might go next.” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Payne teased a new focus on Sauron in Season Two. “Season One opens with: Who is Galadriel? Where did she come from? What did she suffer? Why is she driven?” he said. “We’re doing the same thing with Sauron in Season Two. We’ll fill in all the missing pieces.”
When Will Rings of Power Season Two Come Out?
Though no release date has been specified just yet, it seems that Prime Video is fast-tracking production. “The production team is working on Season Two now,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “We’re going to get that out into the world as soon as we can. We want the shortest time possible between seasons, but we want to keep the bar just as high. So it’ll take what it takes. But there’s been some urgency around moving quickly, which is why these guys have been writing all through their hiatus. We’re moving fast.”
Watch this space for updates—we’ll continue to expand the story as we learn more.
Adrienne Westenfeld is the Books and Fiction Editor at Esquire, where she oversees books coverage, edits fiction, and curates the Esquire Book Club.
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