Fans will once again travel back to Middle-earth to experience The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, this time set thousands of years before the events of the films. The prequel series, helmed by Amazon, has received a premiere date and a first image, which eagle-eyed fans may recognize as an important location in the lore. This also gives us an idea of the events that might take place in the series. READ MORE: Bleach to Get New One-Shot Manga Next Week The Lord of the Rings Amazon series is set to debut on September 2nd, 2022, Variety reports. The first season wrapped up filming yesterday, so we'll be waiting a while until we get an official trailer. However, we did receive a teaser image that shows a beautiful, picturesque location - and what appears to be the two trees of Valinor, Telperion and Laurelin, in the background. Though the timeline in which the show is set is blurry at best, some speculate that it could branch out anywhere between the first and second ages of Middle-earth. We're likely looking at Aman, the realm of the Valar, who once shaped and ruled the world. Check out the image below: The official description of Amazon's The Lord of the Rings reads: "Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth." As you can tell, it's hard to really guess when the show takes place, though some reports note that it will largely take place during the second age. The teaser image above could likely be a prologue or flashback of sorts, as the Two Trees of Valinor were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord of Middle-earth. This may also hint at our antagonist of the series, who was active during the first age but may play an important part in subsequent events, especially leading to Sauron's introduction into the lore. We'll only know for certain once more information becomes available, but we'll be waiting a while. The Lord of the Rings debuts on Amazon on September 2nd, 2022.

Tite Kubo's best-selling shounen manga Bleach is making a brief comeback next week in the form of a new "one-shot episode". The manga will be released in celebration of its 20th anniversary, and will debut in Weekly Shounen Jump's combined 36th and 37th issue on August 10th. This will be the first time since 2016 that Bleach has received new manga content after its conclusion. READ MORE: Bleach Anime's Thousand Year Blood War Arc Will Be Uncensored As reported by Anime News Network, Bleach manga author Tite Kubo will pen a new one-shot manga next week in celebration of Bleach's 20th anniversary. The manga description teased the plot of this one-shot, stating "Ichigo was invited to Soul Society for a certain ceremony but!?". Little else is known, but it seems like it won't directly affect or change anything from the main storyline, though we'll just have to wait and see. Bleach became one of the biggest shounen properties after the debut of its long-running anime adaptation, which ran for 366 episodes and concluded in 2012. Since then, Bleach has become a musical as well as a surprisingly solid live-action film that debuted in 2018, which adapted the beginnings arc of the manga. However, last year Shounen Jump announced that Bleach would be returning as an anime to adapt the manga's final major arc, the Thousand Year Blood War, in which the Soul Society faces an invasion by a Quincy army. The final arc concludes the manga's story and offers us our greatest variety of bankai's that the series has shown to date. Not much has been revealed yet about this new anime adaptation, but it is expected to arrive sometime in 2021 - we predict it may air this fall (October), or potentially be pushed back to early 2022. This new one-shot manga is certainly a surprise, but it arrives at a perfect time amidst the hype of the Bleach anime's return.

Rockstar Games continue to prove that they're one of the biggest forces in the gaming industry, recently revealing new sales milestones for both Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V - the latter still being a juggernaut best-seller for them. Publisher Take-Two Interactive recently revealed the sales figures for both these titles and more in their catalog. READ MORE: Watch: Venom: Let There Be Carnage - Trailer 2 According to Take-Two Interactive's latest report, Grand Theft Auto V has now reached over 150 million units shipped worldwide. The Grand Theft Auto series has cumulatively shipped over 350 million units, making it one of the best-selling franchises in video game history. Meanwhile, Red Dead Redemption 2 has passed 38 million units shipped. The Red Dead Redemption series overall has surpassed 60 million units shipped. Other figures include NBA 2K21 at over 11 million units, and Borderlands 3 at over 13 million units. The Borderlands series has passed over 71 million units shipped to date. PGA Tour 2K21 has shipped over 2 million units, while Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, rather impressively, has passed 11 million units. Grand Theft Auto V continues to grow with strong sales, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time next to the likes of Minecraft and Tetris. A large part of its success is due to GTA Online, which continues to expand its player base due to the game recently going on Xbox Game Pass, as well as heavily discounted in numerous sales on PlayStation and PC. Rockstar Games have all but confirmed their work on Grand Theft Auto VI, which may still be a few years off from release. However, Take-Two need not worry about dwindling sales for GTA V, it seems.

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