Five seasons of Amazon's upcoming The Lord of the Rings TV show, The Rings of Power, are already mapped out by the key creatives. Showrunner JD Payne told Empire Magazine that they already know what the show's final shot will be, even though it's still many years away.
"The rights that Amazon bought were for a 50-hour show. They knew from the beginning that was the size of the canvas--this was a big story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. There are things in the first season that don' t pay off until Season 5," Payne said. "We even know what our final shot of the last episode is going to be," Payne said.
As TV fans know very well, not every series knows where it's going from the onset (looking at you, Lost!), so it's good to hear that Rings of Power has at least an outline for the whole series. As usual, though, plans can change.
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