Streaming platform Prime Video has confirmed a release date for the third season of its fantasy series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”
The streamer announced during parent company Amazon’s annual Upfront Presentation that the show’s third season will premiere on November 11.
Amazon MGM Studios’ Head of Global Television Peter Friedlander said in a statement that the series, from the very beginning, “embodied the scale, ambition, and cinematic storytelling” to define the platform’s biggest global show.
“The extraordinary response from millions of fans around the world has made it clear that this journey through Middle-earth continues to resonate, and that momentum has only grown heading into Season Three,” Friedlander added.
The fantasy series takes place during the Second Age of Middle-earth as depicted in the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, thousands of years before the events of author’s popular “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” books.
The second season ended with Saruon taking the nine rings from Galadriel, who escapes with Gil-galad, Elrond, and Arondir to a valley north of Eregion to plan their stand against the Dark Lord.
Several years have passed once the third season begins, landing viewers in the War of the Elves and Sauron, who is seeking the craft the One Ring to bind all to his will.
J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay remain as showrunners and executive produce with Lindsey Weber, Justin Doble, Kate Hazell, and Charlotte Brandstrom, the latter a director on the series.
Amazon MGM Studios and Matthew Penry-Davey are credited producers, with Ally O’Leary, Tim Keene and Andrew Lee are co-producing.