Dark times are coming to realms of Middle Earth...
The second season of LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER brings massive changes in the Second Age of Middle Earth.
Set Decorator Tina Jones SDSA and Production Designer Kristian Milsted took the reins on Season 2 of this fantastical series when the production moved from New Zealand, where the first season was filmed, to the UK. Ironically, they took over before the first season aired, so while there were some footprints established, they were able to expand each realm from their perspective, as well as bring forth new.
Tina notes, “I think for me, when I first heard about the project, it was a bit like going back to my GAME OF THRONES days, and I just knew how potentially exciting it was going to be. Because in that genre, you can do anything and create anything. It was just completely magical.”
Click on the video above for the enlightening conversation they had with Rae Deslich SDSA, and take a peek below at some of the sets they discuss, with captions by Rae.
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Karen Burg, Editor
Elven High King Gil-galad's map chamber, complete with custom-built troop-movement table and custom practical lighting. Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Benjamin Walker as High King Gil-galad. Courtesy of Prime Video ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
Elven Lord of Gifts Annatar [Charlie Vickers] in the beautiful workshop of the master metalsmith Celebrimbor. The forge, a central element of the set, is on the left. Photo by Ben Rothstein ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
Filming around the central forge in Celebrimbor's metalsmithing workshop. Really inspiring to see how much of this set is practical! Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor, Charlie Vickers as Annatar. Photo by Ben Rothstein ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
BTS with Charles Edwards as the master ring maker, Lord Celebrimbor, on the exquisite art nouveau set. Photo by Ben Rothstein ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
Elven High King Gil-galad [Benjamin Walker] addresses the assembled Elves underneath the Great Tree of Lindon." Courtesy of Prime Video.
The Court of Númenor, lit by braziers and accented by a water feature running through its center. The realm of Númenor is a large star-shaped island. Eärien [Ema Horvath], whose name means Daughter of the Sea, awaits the arrival of her brother. Photo by Ben Rothstein ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
Lord Annatar, in truth, the shape-shifting evil Sauron, argues with King Durin III [Peter Mullan] in the dramatic throne room of Khazad-dûm, the underground realm of the Dwarves. Charlie Vickers as Annatar/Sauron.
BTS with Ben Daniels, who plays shipwright Círdan, and crew members in the background, at the wright’s workshop in the great port city of the Grey Havens, which contained many accurate details from real-world shipbuilders as well as historical carpentry. Photo by Ben Rothstein ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
Queen Miriel [Cynthia Addai-Robinson] and Sea Guard Captain Elendil [Lloyd Owen] in the crypt of Númenorean king Tar-Palantir, done in the Numenorean style of architecture. References to Numenor's island-nation geography abound, such as the seashells left as offerings on the sarcophagus, and wave and s
Adar [Sam Hazeldine] and Galadriel [Morfydd Clark] discuss terms in the tent-and-trench encampment of the Uruk-Hai. Photo by Ross Ferguson ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
The Stranger [Daniel Weyman, right] in the deeply-layered house of Tom Bombadil [Rory Kinnear]. Photo by Ross Ferguson ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios.
The homes of the Stoor people are carved out of a canyon-like rock wall in the lands of Rhûn, and excellently decorated with handicrafts made from the materials of their environment. Markella Kavenagh as Nori, Tanya Moodie as Gundabel. Photo by Ben Rothstein ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios
