#jd payne

[moonlitdark]

Jamie Campbell Bower attends the 2026 Comic-Con International: San Diego Prime Video's "The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power" press line at Hilton Bayfront and Prime Video's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" panel during Comic Con International in San Diego on July 24, 2026.

[mcpayne]

Just met Bear McCreary- he confirmed that there is new poetry this season (written by himself and JD Payne) 🥹

[leotanaka]

No offence but, did anyone actually read the Nerdist interview with McPayne back in 2024 when they said this? Because, they were pretty damn clear about what was going to happen with the show moving forward. That different characters would be in the role of protagonist (for anyone who doesn't know, protagonist means the character the story is about or is following, it doesn't mean "hero") across the show and that certain characters would become more or less prominent as the show moves forward as others take centre stage.

I understand people are worried about Galadriel being sidelined despite the fact there's literally nothing to suggest that's even going to happen and is a concern based solely off the Sauron/Gandalf SDCC promotion and the reveal that Celeborn will be in season 3, two things that **some** people have clearly taken issue with but, even if it does happen, she's not going to be completely sidelined, none of the characters have been. She's still have screentime and a story and she'll still be part of the main story, it'll probably just go in a bit of a different direction and she won't be as prominent which, isn't actually a bad thing given how many other characters and stories there are and how important they are to the show as well.

[halbrannatar]

Charlie Vickers and his castmates of The Rings of Power from SDCC 2026. 📸

[the-southlands]

Step into Middle-earth with That's My Entertainment!

[teawithtrop]

Don’t mind me, I just remembered this interview quote and couldn’t help myself…

“He basically proposed to her, come be with me, be my queen, and let’s rule her Middle-earth together. You’re a light to my ambition, peanut butter to my jelly, let’s go. And she said no, she rejected him.” - JD Payne via Deadline

[ringsofpowerconfessions]

"I'm not sure if I'm gay for Disa, or if I want to be her friend, or if I want to be her. Like please, that woman is perfection. A goddess, a queen, a mf icon. Thank you McPayne, for giving her to us!"

[fluffycakesistainted]

PM: 'Alloyed,'...there’s a rich metaphor there of things that don’t belong together being coaxed together, and complementing one another, and balancing one another. That’s very much what’s going on emotionally with Galadriel and Sauron. That’s his pitch. 'If you and me do this together, you’ll balance my dark side, and I’ll give you the power that nobody wants to give you.' He’s pitching an alloy to her. JDP: Even the mithril itself...is a certain kind of alloy, because we tell this potentially apocryphal backstory about it. [I]t’s this struggle between good and evil that was fused together in a moment of lightning.

--Patrick McKay, J.D. Payne (Vanity Fair)