Charlotte Brändström is returning to Center-earth. The Emmy-nominated helmer directed two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy’s” debut season and is returning for Season 2 of the prequel. She might be joined by an all-women directing crew. Deadline experiences 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 sequence, now in manufacturing within the UK.
Set within the Second Age of Center-earth, the occasions of “The Rings of Energy” precede the “Lord of the Rings” movies and J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel by hundreds of years. “Starting in a time of relative peace, the sequence follows an ensemble forged of characters, each acquainted and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Center-earth,” the supply particulars.
Brändström directed “Udûn” and “The Eye” within the sequence’ first season, which drew in over 100 million viewers worldwide. She is going to lead 4 episodes in Season 2, with Hamri and Hooper directing two episodes every.
With this information, “The Rings of Energy” joins the ranks of different seasons helmed solely by girls, examples of which embrace a number of seasons of interval drama “Name the Midwife” and all seven seasons of Ava DuVernay’s household drama “Queen Sugar.” Seasons 2-5 of “Higher Issues” had been directed completely by Pamela Adlon, the dramedy’s co-creator and star, and the primary 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.
