The Lord of the Rings series is produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema.
Variety reports that the first official cast member for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series has been found with Australian actress Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock).
The Second Age covered nearly 3,441 years, and it began after the banishment of Morgoth, the dark lord before Sauron.
The highly-anticipated Lord of the Rings series will be set in the Second Age, Amazon recently confirmed.