The co-showrunner of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has revealed what he believes to be secret to the new show’s success.
Patrick McKay, who oversees the Prime Video series alongside JD Payne, has reflected on the way the pair tackled the JRR Tolkien adaptation in a new interview.
First up, he describes the team they assembled for the show as “admirers from afar” who are aware of “how wonderfully right [Peter] Jackson got so much of it” in his Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
“Anyone approaching Lord of the Rings on screen would be wrong not to think about [that],” McKay told Empire Magazine, adding: “The Rings Of Power doesn’t try to compete with him.”
McKay also batted off comparisons to Tolkien and the world of Game of Thrones, which was created by George RR Martin.
“Some of these other competing properties – they play one octave really beautifully, but Tolkien was playing every note on the piano,” he continued. “Tokien had that variety of tones. There’s the whimsy, friendship and humour that Harry Potter is so beloved for – but there’s…
