LORD OF THE RINGS Amazon Series Adds MIDSOMMAR Actor Will Poulter In A Lead Role

LORD OF THE RINGS Amazon Series Adds MIDSOMMAR Actor Will Poulter In A Lead Role

Amazon's Lord of the Rings series has found one of its leads. British actor Will Poulter (Midsommar, Black Mirror, Detroit) will star in the show, but no details on his character have been revealed...

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 04, 2019 12:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Lord of the Rings
Source: Variety
Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings series has found one of its leads in the form of Will Poulter.

The British actor reportedly won the highly sought-after role after an extensive search, but specific details on the character he'll be playing are being kept under wraps for now.

Poulter most recently appeared in Netflix’s acclaimed Black Mirror movie "Bandersnatch", as well as and Ari Aster's Midsommar. Before that, he featured in The Maze Runner franchise, The Revenant, and Detroit. He joins Aussie actress Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock) as another mysterious character named Tyra.

We still don't know a whole lot about this take on Tolkien's classic, but it is expected to be a prequel of sorts to the original trilogy, set during The Second Age.
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DarkArrow19
DarkArrow19 - 9/4/2019, 12:50 PM
I think he would have made a great Pennywise
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 9/4/2019, 12:54 PM
i meant to ask what story is this following since all of the books have been covered ?
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 9/4/2019, 1:00 PM
@knocturnalzen10 - It explores the fierce sexual tension between Frodo and Sam and how it ultimately led to the downfall of Sam's marriage and his relationship with his kids. It was pitched as Brokeback Mountain set in Middle-earth.
SoulReaver
SoulReaver - 9/4/2019, 2:54 PM
@knocturnalzen10 - @knocturnalzen10 - We're actually nowhere near all the books being covered. We've had four of six books with (mostly) chronological stories adapted and 16 more of history, short tales, songs, and other myths within Middle-Earth. They could have multitudes of seasons with all the existing lore.
DwightKGroot
DwightKGroot - 9/5/2019, 1:34 AM
@knocturnalzen10 - The Lord of The Rings covered the third age of Middle Earth, with the ring being destroyed and the elves leaving for West starting the fourth age.

This series covers the second age of Middle Earth. This would perhaps include the rise of Sauron, the gradual fall of Elves as the main power of Middle Earth among other things.
Madein93
Madein93 - 9/4/2019, 12:55 PM
Maybe he's playing a younger Elrond
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 9/4/2019, 12:55 PM
I liked him in The Maze Runner and he was fun in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.
inkniron
inkniron - 9/4/2019, 12:57 PM
He'll make a great Guy Gardner real soon
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 9/4/2019, 12:58 PM
So excited for this series. Ready to revisit Middle-earth.
Bokis
Bokis - 9/4/2019, 1:00 PM
From Narnia to Lord of the Rings! Good on him!
Super12
Super12 - 9/4/2019, 2:41 PM
@Bokis - I wish so bad they'd kept making those so we could see him as Eustace again in the Silver Chair. He was great!
MaximusTheMad
MaximusTheMad - 9/4/2019, 1:05 PM
I literally can't tell Will Poulter apart from Cameron Monaghan.
inkniron
inkniron - 9/4/2019, 1:09 PM
@MaximusTheMad - All of us gingers look the same?
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 9/4/2019, 1:17 PM
@inkniron - Poulter isn't even ginger.
inkniron
inkniron - 9/4/2019, 1:49 PM
@WakandanQueen - Shhh, don't make my point before I can.
Seriously though. Had me fooled. Maybe it's because it's always so short or the Hollywood lighting. It always looks like it has that red tinge to me. Or maybe I'm color blind
Battabing
Battabing - 9/4/2019, 2:22 PM
@MaximusTheMad - Really? I always confuse him for Jessie Plemmons.
Battabing
Battabing - 9/4/2019, 2:24 PM
@inkniron - Yes, you all look like the same ugly devil-child.
inkniron
inkniron - 9/4/2019, 2:35 PM
@Battabing - mama says I'm her special, handsome, little man.
Battabing
Battabing - 9/4/2019, 2:36 PM
@inkniron - Mama would say that, wouldn't she?
inkniron
inkniron - 9/4/2019, 2:49 PM
@Battabing - I guess. She's a little more Janine Cody than Carol Brady though, so it surprises me from time to time. Then again, if she was Carol, I'd probably have a serious Oedipus Complex being told that.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 9/4/2019, 4:16 PM
@inkniron - it’s the eyebrows.
Polaris
Polaris - 9/4/2019, 4:46 PM
@MaximusTheMad - I confuse him with Barry Keoghan
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 9/4/2019, 1:19 PM
@blackandyellow- that sounds like some LIGHT reading graphic novel wise ....... -_-







side-note your AB is pretty scummy lol smh
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 9/4/2019, 1:21 PM
@blackandyellow- boy*
Origame
Origame - 9/4/2019, 1:40 PM
He'll be tom bombadil.
KWilly
KWilly - 9/4/2019, 1:50 PM
I always thought this dude looked like a criminal mastermind.
Hyperborean
Hyperborean - 9/4/2019, 1:54 PM
He’s gotta be some sort of elf with those Spock-brows.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 9/4/2019, 1:57 PM
Never understood why he freaked and quit social media with a cryptic dramatic message after Bandersnatch was released. I guess some people on Twitter made fun of his character's look, but that just seems like a mundane thing that happens whenever anything gets released. He didn't even look THAT strange and his character was kinda out there anyway so there was a story reason. That was a weird thing that happened I remember, hope he's doing well, he's good in everything I've seen him in.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 9/4/2019, 2:10 PM
@SpideyPuffsMJ - I fully support anyone quitting social media. Especially one particular Cheeto head.
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