The
highly
anticipated,
yet-to-be-titled
Amazon
Original
The
Lord
of
the
Rings
television
series
will
premiere
Friday,
September
2,
2022,
on
Prime
Video
in
more
than
240
countries
and
territories
worldwide,
with
new
episodes
available
weekly.
Filming
of
Season
One
was
completed
today
in
New
Zealand.
The
new
epic
drama
brings
to
screens
for
the
very
first
time
J.R.R.
Tolkien's
fabled
Second
Age
of
Middle-earth's
history.
Beginning
in
a
time
of
relative
peace,
thousands
of
years
before
the
events
of
J.R.R.
Tolkien's
The
Hobbit
and
The
Lord
of
the
Rings
books,
the
series
follows
an
ensemble
cast
of
characters,
both
familiar
and
new,
as
they
confront
the
long-feared
re-emergence
of
evil
to
Middle-earth.
Check
out
the
first
look.
Headlining
this
ensemble
cast
are
Cynthia
Addai-Robinson,
Robert
Aramayo,
Owain
Arthur,
Maxim
Baldry,
Nazanin
Boniadi,
Morfydd
Clark,
Ismael
Cruz
Córdova,
Charles
Edwards,
Trystan
Gravelle,
Sir
Lenny
Henry,
Ema
Horvath,
Markella
Kavenagh,
Joseph
Mawle,
Tyroe
Muhafidin,
Sophia
Nomvete,
Lloyd
Owen,
Megan
Richards,
Dylan
Smith,
Charlie
Vickers,
Leon
Wadham,
Benjamin
Walker,
Daniel
Weyman,
and
Sara
Zwangobani.
The
series
is
led
by
showrunners
and
executive
producers
J.D.
Payne
&
Patrick
McKay;
they
are
joined
by
executive
producers
Lindsey
Weber,
Callum
Greene,
J.A.
Bayona,
Belén
Atienza,
Justin
Doble,
Jason
Cahill,
Gennifer
Hutchison,
Bruce
Richmond,
and
Sharon
Tal
Yguado,
co-executive
producer
Wayne
Che
Yip,
director
Charlotte
Brändström,
and
producer
Christopher
Newman.
"The
journey
begins
September
2,
2022,
with
the
premiere
of
our
original
The
Lord
of
the
Rings
series
on
Prime
Video,"
said
Jennifer
Salke,
Head
of
Amazon
Studios.
"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."
"As
Bilbo
says,
'Now
I
think
I
am
quite
ready
to
go
on
another
journey.' Living
and
breathing
Middle-earth
these
many
months
has
been
the
adventure
of
a
lifetime.
We
cannot
wait
for
fans
to
have
the
chance
to
do
so
as
well,"
said
Payne
and
McKay.
A
world-renowned
literary
work
and
winner
of
the
International
Fantasy
Award
and
Prometheus
Hall
of
Fame
Award,
The
Lord
of
the
Rings
was
named
Amazon
customers'
favourite
book
of
the
millennium
in
1999
and
Britain's
best-loved
novel
of
all
time
in
BBC's
The
Big
Read
in
2003.
The
Lord
of
the
Rings
books
have
been
translated
into
around
40
languages
and
has
sold
more
than
150
million
copies.