With "The House of the Dragon" Season 2 winding down, it's time to turn our attention to another epic fantasy series hitting screens this month: "The Lord of the Rings" Season 2

Prime Video's adaptation of Tolkien's novel is poised to take the series in a darker direction Sauron's (Charlie Vickers) true identity has been revealed, and he is ready to begin his campaign to take Middle-earth in earnest For a peek at what's in store, stay tuned to the Future Games Show, including an exclusive look at Season 2!

The first season certainly divided viewers, but we'd be lying if we said it wasn't fun to watch Plus, with Sauron in the lead role, new faces (Rory Kinnear as Tom Bombadil!) ), and the prospect of meeting new creatures like the Barrow Wight and Hill Troll Damrod, I was already looking forward to the next chapter But after a big article in Entertainment Weekly, I got a new most-anticipated moment: meeting Isildur and Tolkien's nightmarish spider-animal Shelob

Of what his character will face in the new season, Baldry says: "He wakes up in a cave and has to fight Shelob to get to safety

Baldry went on to summarize how Isildur's arc will be in the new season It is a story of survival and a story of "be careful what you wish for" He must grow from boy to man and learn who to trust and who not to" [What's so exciting about giant spiders? Well, Shelob has already been brought to life in terrifying detail in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Return of the King Sam and Frodo arrive in Mordor and are tricked into Shelob's lair

Once Frodo realizes he is in danger, a truly nightmarish sequence unfolds in which he is chased deep into a web of foul creatures, crawling and stumbling through the spider's web in a desperate attempt (and failing) to escape

This sequence has stuck in my memory ever since I first saw it - I don't even dislike spiders that much - but this new incarnation may be even creepier

"The Ring of Power" may have been controversial, but the series is beautifully realized, and I expect the show's Shelob to be a highlight of the series Morfid Clarke said in the same interview that the Barrow Wight that Galadriel crosses in season 2 is "terrifying" and "very scary in real life," so we want to be on the edge of our seats when Shelob appears