Sauron in a flashback scene in 'Lord of the Rings' set at the end of the Second Age of Middle-earth.

Fortunately, the delay only lasted until late September, and production resumed and was completed in August 2021.

Initial production for the series began in New Zealand in February 2020, but was halted a mere month later due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 2022 premiere date comes as a surprise after Amazon Studios’ head Jennifer Salke had revealed in a June 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the studio was targeting a release date for the series in 2021. The release date was officially announced on the same day that Season One completed filming in New Zealand. It will be available in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, with new episodes available weekly. When is the release date for Amazon's Lord of the Rings show?Īmazon Studios announced their yet-to-be-titled Lord of the Rings series will premiere on Friday, Septemon Prime Video. Here's everything we know about the upcoming series.

Now, more than three years after the initial announcement, the cast and crew for this epic series is finally starting to form, and it looks like one of the most ambitious television series in history. Originally announced in fall 2017 when Amazon outbid other streaming giants like Netflix to the tune of $250 million for a five-season commitment, the series is being developed by JD Payne and Patrick McKay, who were announced as showrunners in July 2018. The series is a prequel, even taking place before the events of the original Tolkein prequel, The Hobbit. After much hype, it finally looks like Amazon's Lord of the Rings series is coming soon. It may have been 17 years since the last release of a flagship Lord of The Rings movie, but the mystical land of Middle Earth is returning in a way we've never seen before - prestige TV.

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