In honor of Tolkien Reading Day on March 25, the official Twitter account for the upcoming show shared a picture of a clapperboard on a beach. Vast shores have not been shown in live-action Middle-earth before - as the series will feature the island of Númenor - but the image alluded to something more specific than that. The clapperboard highlighted Wayne Che Yip’s time in the director’s chair, as it was announced that the director would be helming four episodes before switching to co-producer. Additionally, the clapperboard had also been covered with the blackest of black markers in order to cover up the name of the show. As expected, the community got to work.
Several members on Reddit began debating the underlying title, coming to the conclusion that it was something along the lines of “J.R.R. Tolkien S.A. Project’ (S.A. meaning Second Age). However, if that is what was written, why bother to hide something so ambiguous? TheOneRing.net also had a bit of fun with the revealed image on Twitter, pretending that fans were being “bamboozled." All joking aside, filming for the series continues, and some are hopeful that a premiere could debut as early as this winter.
