The latest trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has been released and, alongside Galadriel and Elrond, it features a first look at characters from the island kingdom of Númenor, including Elendil, Pharazôn, Queen Regent Míriel, and Isildur, the man who would eventually cut the One Ring off of Sauron's finger.

The trailer begins by featuring the Two Trees of Valinor – which were destroyed before the time in the Second Age the series mainly takes place in – and we are then shown many of the locations that will be brought to life in The Rings of Power, including the Elven realms of Lindon and Eregion, the Dwarven realm Khazad-dûm, the Southlands, the Northernmost Wastes, the Sundering Seas, and the island kingdom of Númenór.

Speaking of Númenor, the kingdom whose rise and fall is one of the main events of the Second Age, many of its most high-profile citizens are shown for the first time, and Isildur may be the one more recognizable to fans.

In The Fellowship of the Ring, Isildur was said to be the one who cut the One Ring off of Sauron's hand, seemingly ending his reign of terror. However, his refusal to destroy the ring allowed Sauron's spirit to live in and later return in the Third Age.

Elendil was Isildur's father and, alongside helping establish Arnor and Gondor and becoming the first High King of Dúnedain, helped lead the battle against Sauron at the Siege of Barad-dûr. Pharazôn was the last king of Númenor who usurped the throne by marrying Míriel, who was the rightful Ruling Queen of Númenor. Without spoiling too much, Pharazôn has an important role to play in the Second Age.

A big part of the teaser sees Galadriel speaking to Elrond and claiming that the "enemy is still out there." Elrond attempts to have Galadriel stop this search, but she tells him that "you have not seen what I have seen."

In the two-minute, 30-second teaser we are also given further glimpses of "High King Gil-galad (Benjamin Walker), the Harfoots Marigold Brandyfoot (Sara Zwangobani), Elanor ‘Nori’ Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh), Poppy Proudfellow (Megan Richards) and Sadoc Burrows (Sir Lenny Henry), The Stranger (Daniel Weyman), the Dwarves King Durin III (Peter Mullan) and Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur), Halbrand (Charlie Vickers), and Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova)."

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which is set thousands of years before the adventures of Frodo and the Fellowship, and its eight-part first season will begin on Friday, September 2, and new episodes will be released each week.

For more, read on as to why Gandalf (probably) isn't in this prequel series, our further look at who's who in The Rings of Power, and our exclusive look at the show's take on Middle-earth's orcs.

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Martin Lawrence has claimed Will Smith's Oscars slap won't kill the development of Bad Boys 4 despite the reported postponement of the project in the aftermath of the incident.

In an interview with Ebony magazine, Lawrence expressed his confidence that Bad Boys 4 will move forward, as he dismissed speculation that the franchise's fourth installment would be cancelled as a result of Smith's onstage altercation with Chris Rock at the Oscars. "We got one more at least," he asserted, implying that Bad Boys for Life will get a follow-up.

The buddy cop action-comedy franchise launched in 1995 with the first Bad Boys movie, which saw Lawrence and Smith team up in their respective roles as Detective Sergeant Marcus Miles Burnett and Detective Sergeant Mike Lowrey. The movie proved to be a commercial success and spawned a sequel in 2003 with the release of Bad Boys II.

"It was big," Lawrence said of the launch of the franchise. "For us to come together and prove that we can deliver, and we can pull people into the box office—that two Black stars, two sitcom stars, could make money at the box office [was huge]. I didn't go to college, so I felt TV was my college years. I felt with movies, I had graduated; it was just different."

25 years after the first Bad Boys proved that then-TV-stars Lawrence and Smith had big screen box office clout, the boys returned again for Bad Boys for Life. The long-gestating follow-up was well-received by fans and critics, with IGN's reviewer calling it an outrageous throwback threequel with great cast chemistry and plenty of all-out action.

The development of a fourth Bad Boys movie was confirmed in the same month that Bad Boys for Life arrived in theaters. The project was said to be making steady progress, with Smith having received 40 pages of the script. However, in April of this year, Bad Boys 4 reportedly came to a grinding halt to allow events to play out after the Oscars incident.

Smith made headlines in March when he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith's alopecia. Smith later apologized, calling his behavior "unacceptable and inexcusable." The actor also resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and received a 10-year ban from Academy events.

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For Amazon Prime Day, the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 video card has hit an all time low. This is one of the very few RTX 30 series GPUs that have been able to drop below the MSRP of the reference video card. In the beginning of the year, people were willing to pay upwards of $2500 for an RTX 3090. In hindsight, we shake our heads at the thought of paying that kind of price, especially with the current downward spiral of crypto, but that's beside the point.

Amazon Prime Day GPU Deal: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 GAMING OC 24GB Video Card for $1299

If you were to purchase an Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming OC 24GB graphics card purely for gaming, even at this discounted price, I'd say you would be wasting your money. Instead, I would kindly direct you to the Amazon Prime Day RTX 3080 GPU deal for $779.99. You'd be saving over $400 and losing only about 5%-10% in terms of performance. The RTX 3090 is not intended for gamers; it's catered towards professional graphic artists, animators, modelers, software engineers, or data scientists who run render farms, intensive workstation applications like Maya or 3ds Max, or machine learning. The RTX 3090 is the workstation GPU of choice not because of its processing power (which it has in spades), but the amount of VRAM. The RTX 3090 comes with a massive 24GB of GDDRX RAM compared to the RTX 3080's "paltry" 10GB. Unfortunately, however, the vast majority of games will not benefit from the increased VRAM, and that's why it's not a smart purchase for the end gamer.

Elden Ring's latest officially licensed merchandise is available to pre-order on the IGN Store beginning this Friday, July 15th at 12:00 AM PT. This statue is the first release in the S.H.Figuarts Elden Ring set and is based on the notorious world invader, Festering Fingerprint Vyke. If it's anything like the previous Elden Ring figures we carried in the IGN Store, it's likely to sell out quickly, so don't wait too long to place your order!

Elden Ring: Festering Fingerprint Vyke Statue

First encountered outside the Church of Inhibition, Festering Fingerprint Vyke would invade players' worlds along with his signature War Spear to harass players with plenty of Frenzy-inducing spells that would drive just about anyone mad.

This statue stands at just over six inches in height and features a fully articulating figure along with Vyke's War Spear, three pairs of optional hands, and a variant of Vyke's War Spear featuring The Flame of Frenzy visual effects.

Check out the gallery below to see some high-resolution images of the Festering Fingerprint Vyke statue now available in the IGN Store:

The Elden Ring Festering Fingerprint Vyke statue will cost $74.99 and is expected to ship out in Early 2023.

Matthew Adler is a Commerce, Features, Guides, News, Previews, and Reviews writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @MatthewAdler and watch him stream on Twitch.

Amazon Prime Day 2022 might be nearing its end, but that doesn't mean the deals have stopped coming in. The Razer Iskur X is normally priced at $399, but today you can get it for only $194.74, a savings of over 50%. That makes it $100 cheaper than even Razer's budget Enki X chair and the lowest price ever for the Iskur X. The previous low we had seen for this gaming chair was $250 back during Black Friday 2021.

Amazon Prime Day Gaming Chair Deal: Razer Iskur X

The Iskur X model is very similar to the original Iskur model of gaming chair. It lacks the adjustable lumbar spline and has 2D armrests instead of 3D, but the build quality and premium materials are identical. The Razer Iskur commands a high retail price tag for a reason; it's well-engineered with plenty of high quality materials and usable features. It's upholstered in multi-layered synthetic leather that's more durable than PU leather. There's also an ample amount of high density foam cushioning to keep you comfortable during intense gaming marathons. If that wasn't enough convincing, our resident deal hunter Seth Macy uses the Iskur as his main chair and totally recommends it, especially at this price!

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