The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.

ReleaseNovember 11, 2026

StatusCONFIRMED

NetworkPrime Video

Why it matters

The most expensive television production ever mounted, continuing Amazon's enormous bet on Middle-earth.

About The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns for a third season, still the most expensive television production ever mounted. The season moves into the War of the Elves and Sauron and begins the fall of Numenor, which means the show finally reaches the events its first two seasons spent their time arranging. Eddie Marsan joins the cast as Thrain and Andrew Richardson as Anarion, the younger son of Elendil, filling in corners of the Second Age the earlier seasons left alone.

The season premieres on November 11, 2026 on Prime Video, with the first four episodes released together. Two things are worth weighing. The show is adapting the Second Age from Tolkien's appendices rather than from a novel, which gives it latitude the Peter Jackson films never had, and this is the season where the story stops being prologue. If pacing is what lost you earlier, that is the specific thing that changes here.

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