Amazon to Launch ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV Series

The TV series of “The Lord of the Rings” will launch in September 2022, Amazon Studios said on Monday.

The streaming platform said the first season was wrapped in New Zealand, and it released the first images of the show.

.“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.

Amazon is spending about $465 million filming the first season of the show, according to New Zealand government officials. It is expecting to make five seasons of the show, making it one of the most expensive TV series ever.

In a press release, the company revealed that the first season of the Amazon’s multi-million dollar TV series would be available in more than 240 nations, with new episodes released weekly.

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.”

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