Amazon is aiming to return to Middle-earth.
The company is renewing Prime Video’s fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings: The Ring of Power” for a third season.
Showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay have been preparing the story for next season for months, but the lack of an official green light has been a source of speculation and concern among some fans. –Especially since season 2 was ordered years before season 1 started. But the news will probably be announced this month.
The decision follows a Prime Video UK Upfront presentation to advertisers in London this week, where Amazon MGM Studios promoted Ring of Power content and featured several of the show’s cast members, including Cynthia, during the presentation. – Addai-Robinson, Charlie Vickers, Sofia Nomvete). To advertisers. At these events, studios typically only put on a show if the buyer is willing to continue.
Studio head Jennifer Salke told buyers that Season 2 had more than 55 million viewers and the company expects the latest season to eventually catch up to Season 1, which reached more than 150 million viewers. (Amazon declines to define its audience, but says the show remains a Top 5 series on the streamer). Ring of Power also topped the Nielsen charts in its recently reported second week, with over 1 billion minutes of streaming time. In terms of reputation, Rotten Tomatoes critics and audience scores were slightly higher in the second round than in the first.
The Hollywood Reporter previously reported that Amazon is still working on the original 50-hour plan for the series.
Payne and McKay, who also have multi-year deals, have assembled a writers’ room for the third season. Participating writers include Justin Doble (Executive Producer), Ben Tagoe (Consulting Producer), Eva Wong Davis (Consulting Producer), Constance Chen (Consulting Producer), and Jonathan Wilson (Consulting Producer). (producer), Griff Jones (staff writer), and Sarah Anson. (Staff Writer).
For more on the Ring of Power finale, check out THR’s story interviewing Payne and McKay about the Season 2 closing. There, they broke down some of the major creative decisions the duo made and teased the future of Season 3 of Sauron.
