Ahead of the launch of The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Prime Video holds a magnificent Asia Pacific Premiere in Singapore

Ahead of the global premiere of the highly anticipated second season of The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power on Prime Video, the cast and creators of the series visited Singapore for a special Asia Pacific screening. The star-studded premiere was graced by showrunner J.D.Payne, director Charlotte Brändstörm, and the talented ensemble cast, including Charlie Vickers, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Markella Kavenagh, Charles Edwards, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Tyroe Muhafidin, and Trystan Gravelle.

During the course of their tour, the team attended a special screening of the series’ first two episodes, with ardent fans of the franchise in attendance alongside media from Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines and India. Kicking off the momentous event was David Simonsen, Director of Amazon Prime Video SEA and MENA followed by the grand screening. The team of this highly anticipated franchise also took over the city visiting a major attraction site, Gardens By The Bay.

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Building on season one’s epic scope and ambition, the new season 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 on the brink of calamity. As friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, elves, dwarves, orcs, men, wizards, and Harfoots face a growing struggle. In the face of mounting adversity, the forces of good fight fiercely to hold on to what matters to them the most: each other.

ABOUT THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.

The first season of The Rings of Power has been an unprecedented success, viewed by more than 100 million people worldwide, with more than 32 billion minutes streamed. The highly anticipated series attracted more than 25 million global viewers on its first day, marking the biggest premiere in the history of Prime Video, and also debuted as the No. 1 show on Nielsen’s overall streaming chart in its opening weekend. The show has driven more Prime sign-ups worldwide during its launch window than any other previous content to date. The season finale also created a global cultural moment, with multiple series-themed hashtags, including #TheRingsofPower and others, trending in 27 countries across Twitter for over 426 cumulative hours throughout the weekend.

All eight first season episodes of _The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powe_r are now available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories in multiple languages.