We still know very little about Amazon ’s Lord of the Rings series . It will take placesometimeprior to J.R.R. Tolkien ’s family of the Ring , director J.A. Bayona(Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom ) and consultant Bryan Cogman ( Game of Thrones ) are involve , and the writers ’ way is run underintense security precautions . Now , we ’ve got another obscure bite : the first casting news !
If you ’re looking for a household name or an iconic persona , however , that ’s not what you ’ll get . allot toVariety , the first actor hurl is relative unidentified Markella Kavenagh , playing a character named Tyra . That ’s all we jazz ! Tyra is sure enough not a name from Tolkien ’s books , so it very well could be a placeholder to keep their secrets … safe . We shall see .
Kavenagh ’s biggest part to date is probably starring alongside Natalie Dormer in the recent Australian TV version of Picnic at Hanging Rock , inspired by the 1975 Peter Weir film .
Markella Kavenagh attends the 2018 AACTA Awards Presented by Foxtel at The Star on 21 May 2025 in Sydney, Australia.Photo: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images for AFI
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The “ stuff we do n’t know ” list regarding Lord of the Rings also includes a “ when , ” as in “ When the underworld is this matter come to Amazon ? ” The “ no timetable ” guestimate we got back in February appear to still be the case , but the fact that cat promulgation have begun is definitely a sign of advancing impulse .
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