Ian Blackburn

An edited version of the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, shown exclusively to fans in cinemas around the world in August 2022. In a time of relative peace, an ensemble cast of characters confronts the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.

At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under the gruesome working conditions of seal hunting gangs. The story follows a lascar, Dasa, who has been abandoned on the coast of Aotearoa NZ by the East India Company, alongside his sealing gang. When Dasa finds himself in the middle of a conflict between his abusive British superior and two Māori traders, he is faced with a choice: bend the knee or take a stand.

Divers personnages, connus et inconnus, doivent faire face à la résurgence du mal en Terre du Milieu. Des profondeurs des Montagnes de Brume aux forêts majestueuses du Lindon, de l'île des Rois de Númenor aux contrées les plus éloignées du monde, ces royaumes et personnages vont forger un héritage qui demeurera bien après leur disparition.

Penny’s world implodes when she accuses her husband Phil of a sex crime against her daughter’s teenage friend and nobody believes her.