The Rings of Power Showrunner: Tolkien, Middle-Earth & Consecration in Hollywood - JD Payne | 160

In this episode, I sit down with JD Payne, the co-creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner behind Amazon Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Alongside his longtime writing partner Patrick McKay, JD is tasked with one of the largest creative undertakings in television history: translating J.R.R. Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth into a sprawling multi-season production involving thousands of artists and technicians across every facet of filmmaking. Yet behind...