‘The Lord of the Rings’ TV Series to Premier in September, 2022

Amazon has purchased the television rights to The Lord of the Rings for nearly $250 million.

Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a renowned literary work that was previously adapted into a film series, and now it is gracing for a television premiere. Amazon Studios’ will be launching the series on September 2, 2022.

Filming for the first season has wrapped in New Zealand, and the first images are here. According to New Zealand’s government officials, the streaming platform has spent about $465 million on the first season of the series.

“The journey begins September 2, 2022, with the premiere of our original The Lord of the Rings series on Prime Video,” Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, said in a statement.

 

“I can’t express enough just how excited we all are to take our global audience on a new and epic journey through Middle-earth. Our talented producers, cast, creative and production teams have worked tirelessly in New Zealand to bring this untold and awe-inspiring vision to life,” she added.

Word is that the story will unfold over the course of five seasons, making it one of the most expensive TV series ever. The epic fantasy plot will take place thousands of years before the events narrated by writer J.R.R. Tolkien in his books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Development on the series began in 2017 and in November of that year, Amazon purchased the television rights to The Lord of the Rings for nearly $250 million.

 


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