Charlotte Brändström is returning to Middle-earth. The Emmy-nominated helmer directed two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s” debut season and is returning for Season 2 of the prequel. She might be joined by an all-women directing crew. Deadline reviews that Sanaa Hamri (“The Wheel of Time”) and Louise Hooper (“The Sandman”) can even be stepping behind the digicam on the upcoming season of the Prime Video fantasy collection, now in manufacturing in the UK.
Set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, the occasions of “The Rings of Power” precede the “Lord of the Rings” movies and J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel by hundreds of years. “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 re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth,” the supply particulars.
Brändström directed “Udûn” and “The Eye” in the collection’ first season, which drew in over 100 million viewers worldwide. She will lead 4 episodes in Season 2, with Hamri and Hooper directing two episodes every.
With this information, “The Rings of Power” joins the ranks of different seasons helmed solely by girls, examples of which embrace a number of seasons of interval drama “Call the Midwife” and all seven seasons of Ava DuVernay’s household drama “Queen Sugar.” Seasons 2-5 of “Better Things” had been directed completely by Pamela Adlon, the dramedy’s co-creator and star, and the first season of Natasha Lyonne-starrer “Russian Doll” additionally boasted an all-women directing crew.
Brändström’s different credit embrace “The Witcher” and “Julie, chevalier de Maupin.” The latter, a miniseries, earned her an Emmy nom in 2005.
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