Director Wayne Che Yip joins Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series – Televisual

British Chinesedirector Wayne Che Yip has joined the creative team of Amazon OriginalThe Lord of the Ringstelevision series as a director and co-executive producer.

Yip joins the international ensemble cast, currently filming in New Zealand, to direct four episodes. He continues the work of Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona, who directed the first two episodes of the series.

Yip is best known for his work directing popular genre content includingHunters,Preacher,Utopia (Channel 4)andDoctor Who,and has recently directed episodes of Amazon Studios upcoming epic fantasy series,The Wheel of Time.

It is a true honour to be invited into the world of Tolkien by J.D. & Patrick and Amazon Studios. Every day I look forward to working with the incredible team here in New Zealand as we humbly contribute to the legacy of the greatest stories ever told,said Yip.

Amazon Studios forthcoming series is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. TolkiensThe HobbitandThe Lord of the Rings. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.

The series is led by showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay, who are joined by executive producers Lindsey Weber, Callum Greene, J.A. Bayona, Beln Atienza, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, Gennifer Hutchison, Bruce Richmond and Sharon Tal Yguado, co-executive producer Wayne Che Yip, and producer Christopher Newman.

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Director Wayne Che Yip joins Amazon's The Lord of the Rings series - Televisual