British black actor Lenny Henry will play the Hobbit in the new series Lord of the Rings  from Amazon. The artist spoke about this on the BBC radio.

Thus, a dark-skinned hobbit will appear for the first time in a series of works based on the works of John Tolkien. ‘I’m a black hobbit, that’s brilliant,’ Henry said. In his interview, he said that the series ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a large-scale project in which a large number of professionals are involved.

The authors of the series assume that in the world of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ black hobbits will appear as the indigenous inhabitants of the country of the Shire. According to Henry, the entire plot of the new series could take ten years, because it is based on The Silmarillion (a prequel to The Lord of the Rings) and a highly eventful work.

Earlier it became known that the first episode of the series based on Tolkien’s epic novel and Peter Jackson ‘s film trilogy ’ The Lord of the Rings ’ will be released on September 2, 2022. Fans asked the creators to avoid making references to contemporary political trends. Source