Amazon will show off The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 for the first time tomorrow, it’s said.
The teaser trailer world premiere for the hotly anticipated Prime Video TV series comes out May 14, Amazon said in a tweet, below.
The Teaser Trailer World Premiere Tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/3Iy6epApFH
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@TheRingsofPower) May 13, 2024
The Rings of Power is set during the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history, and thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It revolves around the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, and the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor.
In February, Patrick McKay and JD Payne, showrunners of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, extended their partnership with Amazon by signing a new three-year deal with the company and kicking off early work on Season 3.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 came out in 2022 on Prime Video three years after Amazon announced the show would be renewed for a second season. Amazon is yet to announce a Season 2 release date, but we know it will be out at some point this year.
In our review of the first season of The Rings of Power, IGN said: "Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power captures the epic scope and beauty of Tolkien's work."
It’s a busy time for The Lord of the Rings. Last week Warner Bros. announced that the new Lord of the Rings movie is titled Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, and that it will be directed by and star Andy Serkis in his iconic titular role for release in 2026. Peter Jackson, famed director of the much-loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, as well as the Hobbit movies, returns alongside co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to produce the untitled film.
Warner Bros. said Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is the first of two new Lord of the Rings feature films from Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, and arrives two decades after the nearly $6 billion film franchise was first introduced to audiences.
In February 2023, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said she was confident the market was big enough for both The Rings of Power and the newly-announced Lord of the Rings movies.
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