THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Season 2 Will Introduce The Barrow-Wights - First Look Revealed

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER Season 2 Will Introduce The Barrow-Wights - First Look Revealed

The second season of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will introduce some very creepy creatures from J.R.R. Tolkien's novels, and we have a first look right here...

By MarkCassidy - Jun 27, 2024 05:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Lord of the Rings
Source: Via SFF Gazette

We recently learned that Tom Bombadil (Rory Kinnear) will be introduced during season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and we now have confirmation that some far more nefarious creatures from the same never-adapted section of The Fellowship of the Ring will also make an appearance when the Prime Video series returns to our screens.

Empire Magazine has shared its Rings of Power season 2 covers along with a new still, and they feature Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Charlie Vickers as Sauron (in both his previous Halbrand and new Annatar forms), and a first look at the terrifying Barrow-wights.

In J.R.R. Tolkien's book, the four hobbits encounter these undead horrors and almost come to a nasty end until Bombadil makes the save. We're not sure how they'll factor into the show, but the image suggests that it'll be Galadriel who runs into some eerie glowing fog on the Barrow Downs.

“The Barrow-wights are ancient, reanimated heroes, acting for evil against their will,” Rings Of Power VFX supervisor Jason Smith explains to Empire. “It was super-exciting to take on something I hadn’t seen before. We’ve seen undead before, but not like this. We’re doing a little horror movie in Middle-earth.”

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"Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will."

"Building on Season 1’s epic scope and ambition, Season 2 of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity."

"Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots... as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all.. each other."

Returning cast members include Morfydd Clark, Benjamin Walker, Charles Edwards, Charlie Vickers, Markella Kavenagh, Nazanin Boniadi, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Tyroe Muhafidin, Maxim Baldry, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Owain Arthur, Trystan Gravelle, Ema Horvath, Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Leon Wadham, Daniel Weyman, and Sara Zwangobani.

Sam Hazeldine (Peaky Blinders) replaces Joseph Mawle as Adar, with Ciarán Hinds (Game of Thrones), Rory Kinnear (Penny Dreadful), and Tanya Moodie (The Man Who Fell to Earth) joining the ensemble in key roles.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 returns to Prime Video on August 29.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/27/2024, 6:03 PM
THE BARROW WIGTHS???!!! OH SNAP ....you better watch out Melkor...tell Fingolin to hide his golden ass..things just got serious
mountainman
mountainman - 6/27/2024, 6:14 PM
Cool inclusions of book characters are great, but if they don’t improve the shoddy writing form season 1 this season won’t do any better.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/28/2024, 3:11 AM
@mountainman - Yeah they look cool but not interested in seeing the show, haven't even seen the first season.
mountainman
mountainman - 6/28/2024, 7:26 AM
@marvel72 - I made it 2 episodes in and dropped it. From everything I heard, I made a good decision.
ogrodafloresta
ogrodafloresta - 6/27/2024, 6:39 PM
This is what despair looks like. Season 3, Aragorn will be there. How? Magical time-travel
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 6/27/2024, 8:20 PM
@ogrodafloresta - Are you mistaking this for a MCU movie or TV Show? 🤔 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/27/2024, 6:42 PM
This and Bombadil feel like such huge over-corrections from the first season, like adding two of the few things Jackson removed from his adaptations as a way to get people back on board. Finally got around to reading the books this year, and it honestly makes this show even lamer. Imagine having such incredible source material and shitting the bed this hard.
Rewatched the Jackson trilogy last week and they on god might be the best movies ever made. Just perfect
mountainman
mountainman - 6/27/2024, 6:46 PM
@tmp3 - Easily the best movie trilogy in the history of cinema.
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/27/2024, 6:49 PM
@mountainman - Fellowship and ROTK made me cry like a baby, but honesty Two Towers might be the MVP - and that one was a dry watch. Feel like every third shot in that movie was Jackson going god-mode. Incredible stuff.
mountainman
mountainman - 6/27/2024, 6:53 PM
@tmp3 - TTK is my favorite book and movie in the trilogy as well. Helm’s Deep is still the best battle scene ever put to screen 22 years later. Jackson put some major love into those movies.
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 6/27/2024, 7:52 PM
@tmp3 - The problem is they don’t have the rights to the same source material that Jackson had. They’re fairly limited and have to dance around certain things that Warner Bros have the rights to and they don’t.
Richard2022
Richard2022 - 6/27/2024, 8:53 PM
@SheepishOne -

People don’t understand that, they just want what they want.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/27/2024, 11:34 PM
@SheepishOne - i came to know about this late.

But i think however limited the material they have, if you add limited creativity from the showrunners and writers, nothing will come out good at all.

Such a waste
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/27/2024, 6:56 PM
Cool , they look good and sound interesting imo!!.

Plus given that they are basically the undead , i feel like they could exist in any time period that evil is prevalent and be sent by them to do their bidding so I think it makes sense (I’m probably wrong though).

Anyway , I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the scene in the trailer where the likes of Galadriel & Elrond are getting ready to fight…

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Likely they have been sent by Sauron to deal with them.

Anyway , looking forward to S2 as someone who found the first one to be enjoyable!!.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/27/2024, 8:01 PM
More evidence that this creative team doesn't give a shit about the lore


The Barrow-wights began appearing in the Barrow-downs after the Dúnedain of Cardolan succumbed to the ravages of the Great Plague. In roughly Third Age 1409, evil spirits were sent by the Witch-king of Angmar, who wished to keep the Dúnedain from resettling the region.
Kadara
Kadara - 6/27/2024, 9:57 PM
@McMurdo - Nerd!
Super12
Super12 - 6/28/2024, 9:56 AM
@McMurdo - That was my immediate reaction too. Wait, what?? How? The Barrow-wights are a vestige of the ancient Kingdom of Arnor, which was established by the Kings of Gondor, which hasn't been founded yet in the show! They simply do not want to even try.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 6/28/2024, 2:05 PM
@Super12 - they don't give a single shit
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 6/27/2024, 9:35 PM
If you keep watching this crap, you must hate yourself.
Kadara
Kadara - 6/27/2024, 9:57 PM
@MaxPaint - They are not even done filming yet, is there something you like to let out...
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 6/27/2024, 10:25 PM
'Look guys, we got the thing that was cut from the beloved adaptation ! We got the thing ! Won't you give us attention ?'

No.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 6/27/2024, 10:42 PM
That cover with with the Barrows-wights is awesome.
Floke
Floke - 6/28/2024, 12:50 AM
@NinnesMBC - Yeah it looks like an 80s heavy metal band album cover and that is awesome.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/27/2024, 11:44 PM

The big issue:

Season one was terrible. Will they give us more of the same, or will they completely change things in an attempt to make something worth watching?
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/28/2024, 3:06 AM
Okay…how? If I remember right, the Barrow Wights are tied to the Witch King of Agmar
Neo3
Neo3 - 6/28/2024, 9:45 AM
I thought the show couldn’t use the word Annatar.

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