One of the showrunners for Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power says the series’ themes are “profoundly faith-based” and honor the fantastical world created by J.R.R. Tolkien, a devout Catholic who authored the novels that inspired it. Now in its second season, Rings of Power is a prequel to the original Lord of the Rings tales, drawing from Tolkien’s books and their appendices. It is scheduled for five seasons.
“There’s a great quote that we discovered where Tolkien talked about [how] he’s always interested in writing something that is universal and timeless. He doesn’t want it to be a one-to-one allegory,” showrunner and creator Patrick McKay told Crosswalk Headlines. “And he talked about how when he was writing the book, it was a Catholic work, unconsciously, because of his own faith — but then in revisions, consciously.”
“And I think the way that we see that in the books, and the way that we hopefully have translated over to the series, is that the themes are profoundly faith-based,” McKay added.
The series follows the story of a female elf, Galadriel, who is seeking to rid Middle-earth of the nefarious Sauron. McKay and fellow showrunner J.D. Payne are executive producers.
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.