The Lord of the Rings series is produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema.
Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Orphanage, The Impossible) will direct the first two episodes of Amazon Studios’ The Lord of the Rings TV series and also executive produce alongside his producing partner Belén Atienza.
The highly-anticipated Lord of the Rings series will be set in the Second Age, Amazon recently confirmed.
The Second Age covered nearly 3,441 years, and it began after the banishment of Morgoth, the dark lord before Sauron.