Ahead of the official begin of production on the highly anticipated fantasy series, Amazon is betting big on their new Lord of the Rings TV series. The streaming service has now added another major addition to the cast with Deadline reporting that actress Ema Horvath has been added to the ranks. This marks the first major project for the young actress whose others credits include horror films Like.Share.Follow. and The Gallows Act II. Information about her character, including a name, was not revealed just yet.

Production on the Lord of the Rings series will begin soon in New Zealand, with Horvath joining a cast that includes Will Poulter as Beldor and Australian actress Arkella Kavenagh as female lead Tyra. Joseph Rawle of Game of Thrones will play the series’ lead villain, Oren. Writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay will showrun the series with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom filmmaker J.A. Bayona directing the initial episodes.

Details of the series are still in flux and have been heavily guarded, but the assumption is that the stories will be set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, but before the events of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sauron, then, will likely be a lingering presence but not the series’ principal antagonist.

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