The Rings of Power season 2 will finish filming without showrunners amid writers strike
The Lord of the Rings show will finไ🐲ish filming without its showrunners

The Lord of the Rings: The ♒Rings of Power season 2 will finish filming without showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay amid the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:WGA writers strike, reports.
Per the publication's sources, the fantasy show has just 19 days of filming left, and Payne and McKay are said to have planned ahead with the show's production team for their poten🐼tial absence from the set. WGA strike rules mean that writers are barred from any kind of writing duties🤪, which includes on set creative decisions. With Payne and McKay absent, executive producers who are uninvolved with writing, as well as the directors, will be running the production.
The Rings of 🦋Power relocated from New Zealand to the UK for season 2, and Variety notes that the new season has a "feature-film levꦗel scope" involving multiple units and night shoots.
The Prime Video show isn't the only series still filming amid the strike. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:House of the Dragon season 2 is also 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:continuing to shoot, while 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Andor season 2 is filming in the UK – both produ𒁏ctions have completed scripts, but this means no on set re-writes.
Elsewhere, multiple late night shows have either shut down production or have gone on hiatus, while Yellowjackets season 3, Abbott Elementary season 3, Big Mouth season 8, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Cobra Kai season 6 have all closed their writers' rooms.
The Rings of Power season 2 doesn't yet have a release date. While you wait for the show's return, check out our roundup of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best shows on Amazon Prime Video to fill out your watchlist.
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