New Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Trailer Debuts At San Diego Comic-Con

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Middle-earth invaded San Diego Comic-Con with the release of the brand-new trailer for Amazon Prime Video's upcoming fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.The highly-anticipated series will premiere on September 2nd on the streamer and will usher in a new vision of Middle-earth for new and returning fans of the iconic franchise.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will take place before Peter Jackson's iconic films, which focused on Fordo and the fellowship's adventure to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom to save Middle-earth from destruction by the hands of Sauron. The brand-new Amazon Prime Video series will step back thousands of years before those events and will center on the rings of power that allowed the Dark Lord Sauron to spread evil across Middle-earth.

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Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, took the stage in Hall H to introduce the brand-new footage, which included stunning images of the deterioration of peace and prosperity in Middle-earth. The spine-tingling soundtrack accompanying the footage adds to the growing intensity of each captivating moment, providing closer looks at the Orcs and other unfathomable new and familiar monsters that will plague the series' new cast of protagonists. The footage also included a surprise in the form of a balrog, which fans of the Peter Jackson trilogies will quickly recognize. The demonic monster appeared in 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and met its demise in an iconic clash with Ian McKellen's Gandalf. The demonic creatures' shocking appearance is quick toward the end of the new footage but hints toward an