Amazon has announced approximately twenty new cast members that will join the previously announced fifteen in their mega-budget “The Lord of the Rings” TV series which has been filming in New Zealand for months.
The series will explore new storylines set centuries before the events of ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ during Middle Earth’s Second Age – a time when Sauron forged the rings and ultimately rose to power.
The newcomers are as follows:
Cynthia Addai-Robinson (“Arrow”)
Maxim Baldry (“Years and Years”)
Ian Blackburn
Kip Chapman (“Top of the Lake”)
Anthony Crum (“The Wilds”)
Maxine Cunliffe (“Power Rangers Megaforce”)
Trystan Gravelle (“The Terror”)
Sir Lenny Henry (“Broadchurch”)
Thusitha Jayasundera (“Broadchurch”)
Fabian McCallum (“You, Me & The Apocalypse”)
Simon Merrells (“Knightfall”)
Geoff Morrell (“Rake”)
Peter Mullan (“Westworld”)
Lloyd Owen (“Viva Laughlin”)
Augustus Prew (“The Morning Show”)
Peter Tait (“Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”)
Alex Tarrant (“Filthy Rich”)
Leon Wadham (“Power Rangers Beast Morphers”)
Benjamin Walker (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”)
Sara Zwangobani (“Home and Away”)
Specifics of their characters are under wraps. They join the likes of the previously announced Tom Budge, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Joseph Mawle, Maxim Baldry, Markella Kavenagh, Ema Horvath and Morfydd Clark.
J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay serve as showrunners and executive producers while J.A. Bayona is set to direct the first two episodes and will executive produce. A premiere date has yet to be determined.
Source: The Live Feed
