Production Resumes on Lord of the Rings Prequel, Netflix's Cowboy Bebop

As the COVID-19 pandemic fades in certain parts of the world, several high-profile TV shows are resuming production after a months-long hiatus. Deadline reports Amazon's Lord of the Rings prequel series has already resumed filming in New Zealand, while Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop series is expected to start back up on September 30. Deadline also notes Netflix's Sweet Tooth series has already been filming in New Zealand for the past two weeks. All three projects were among those granted border exemptions by the New Zealand government in July 2020. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=amazons-the-lord-of-the-rings-every-confirmed-actor&captions=true"] The Auckland-based Lord of the Rings prequel suspended production back in March 2020 due to coronavirus concerns, shortly before filming wrapped on the second episode. Amazon has yet to reveal a release date or even an official for the series, but since the show was already scheduled to go on a 4-5 month hiatus after filming concluded on the first two episodes even before the pandemic hit, the break is unlikely to impact the company's release timetable or work on the already greenlit Season 2. It's reported that showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay used the break to work on scripts for Season 2. We do at least know the setting for the prequel series. This Lord of the Rings project is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of the movies. Despite that, several familiar characters from the movies appear in the Lord of the Rings cast, including Galadriel, Elrond, and Sauron, though Hugo Weaving has made it clear he has no desire to reprise the role of Elrond. As for Cowboy Bebop, production had already shut down even before the pandemic, with star John Cho injuring his knee while filming a scene in October 2019. Production was expected to go on hiatus for 7-9 months while Cho recovered, so the pandemic may have only added a couple of extra months of delays. Executive producer Marty Adelstein previously revealed filming had begun on Episode 6 of the 10-episode first season. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/11/29/netflixs-cowboy-bebop-needs-to-get-these-things-right"] Netflix's Sweet Tooth is an adaptation of the popular Vertigo comic by Jeff Lemire and was first announced in May 2020. Christian Convery, Nonso Anozie, Adeel Akhtar, and Will Forte will star in the family-friendly series, with James Brolin attached to serve as the show's narrator. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

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