Even though The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is heading toward Season 2 on Amazon Prime* this year, we still haven’t gotten an official look at the fantasy return beyond dark promises. It has now also emerged that employees of the series deliberately misled fans about Sauron developments in advance.
Before Season 2, the Lord of the Rings series takes its example from Sauron as a master of deception
Secrecy is a top priority for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series. While fake film crews were sent out as a diversionary tactic during the filming of season 1 in New Zealand, those involved in season 2 apparently adopted a new strategy that would have made even villain Sauron proud. As the fansite Fellowship of Fans reported spread targeted misinformation about Sauron – for two reasons.
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On the one hand, there are leaks in almost all major productions and employees of the Lord of the Rings series also secretly passed on information to the outside world. Around to find anonymous leakers within their own ranks, a variety of false series developments are said to have been spread, especially about Sauron. The ones included above “Concept Images” are just a few examples of this. So does this mean Sauron doesn’t seduce villagers with a fork(?) or burn down houses with a new woman at his side (Amelia Kenworthy)?
On the other hand, the information about Fake Sauron is also said to have served the purpose of watering the waters to test public opinion on certain story developments. Would Lord of the Rings fans approve or condemn certain decisions? Unfortunately, we cannot estimate what insights Amazon’s creatives have drawn from the observed leak discussions for Season 2 of The Rings of Power.
What Sauron Season 2 Information Do Lord of the Rings Fans Need to Re-Evaluate?
One Sauron piece of information in particular that had been leaked in advance turned out to be false: the reports that Gavi Singh Chera would embody a second version of Sauron in The Rings of Power are obviously not true. Instead, the season 2 newcomer will play a character whose demographic we haven’t seen in the series yet. Maybe a southerner?
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The additional rumor that Sauron takes the form of Galadriel’s husband Celeborn in season 2 is also incorrect. If she misleading information about Sauron’s second form means that we don’t see Charlie Vickers’ character as a shapeshifter after all is again unclear. However, the production will continue to use the alternate Sauron name Annatar.
What awaits us at the end when The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns remains full of surprises and twists – just as we were promised for season 2.
Podcast for the waiting time: The 15 best series starts in April on Netflix, Amazon and Co.
Do you still need fresh streaming tips before the start of the second Lord of the Rings season? We present the most exciting series in April, which start on Netflix, Amazon, WOW and Co., in the monthly overview:
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Among the 15 streaming highlights of the series you will find the large-scale sci-fi video game film Fallout on Amazon in April. Netflix is also showing Ripley, a promising thriller remake with a Sherlock villain, and Robert Downey Jr. is hardly recognizable in The Sympathizer.
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