Amazon Prime has unveiled the first teaser trailer for The Lord Of The Rings The Rings Of Power during the Super Bowl. The 60-second teaser trailer opens with the words: “Haven’t you ever wondered what else is out there? There’s wonders in this world beyond our wandering. I can feel it!”

It seems like they were spoken by a harfoot — an ancient ancestor of hobbits — played by Markella Kavenagh. Highlights of the trailer include:

• A young Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), scaling up an ice-coated cliff face with nothing but a dagger and grit.
• Halbrand (Charlie Vickers), a human on a small raft stuck inside a raging storm at sea.
• Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova), a silvan elf, grabs a flying arrow with his bare hands, flipping it around and shooting it back.
• A terrifying cave troll baring down on a terrified elf.
• Prince Durin IV of the dwarf realm of Khazad-dûm (Owain Arthur), looking up with tears in his eyes.
• A young Elrond (Robert Aramayo), glowering while others (seemingly) carouse behind him. (Fun fact: Aramayo also played young Ned Stark on “Game of Thrones” — the man is cornering the market on younger versions of iconic fantasy characters!)
• Disa, princess of Khazad-dûm (Sophia Nomvete), appears to sing into the heavens.
• An almost naked man, surrounded by a raging, smouldering fire, reaching out to someone.
• A soldier (Will Fletcher), in the middle of a battle with a horde of orcs.
• A human hand holding either the hand of a small child, or a harfoot.

For the very first time, it will bring the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord Of the Rings and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness.

The Lord Of The Rings The Rings Of Power will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 2 September 2022.