Amazon Reveals the Team behind “Lord of the Rings”

Sean Astin and Elijah Wood in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"

The Television Critics Association summer press tour provided this week a much anticipated piece of information. During the tour Amazon announced the creative team that was assembled to create the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series.

According to the official announcement, the executive producers of the show will be Lindsey Weber (10 Cloverfield Lane), Bruce Richmond (Game of Thrones), Gene Kelly (Boardwalk Empire) and Sharon Tal Yguado. Gennifer Hutchison (Breasking Bad) Jason Cahill (The Sopranos) and Justin Doble (Stranger Things) will be writers and executive producers.

Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Stephany Folsom (Toy Story 4) will be consulting producers. Ron Ames (The Aviator) will be a producer, Helen Shang (Hannibal) will be a writer and co-producer and Glenise Mullins will be a consultant to the writers.

Kate Hawley (Suicide Squad) will design the costums and Rick Heinrichs (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) will be behind the production designer. Also announced were visual effects supervisor Jason Smith (The Revenant); Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey; and illustrator and concept artist John Howe.

“As our journey into middle-earth begins, we are in excellent hands with J.D. and Patrick at the helm, with this incredible team of talent that they’ve assembled,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios in a statement. “The depth and breadth of the experience of this writing and production team is truly awesome, with a real respect for and knowledge of Tolkien lore. We’re so happy to have them on board and to see this exciting series start to come to life.”