Amazon Sets The Lord of the Rings Series Premiere Date

Amazon Studios’ long-awaited The Lord of the Rings original series, which recently completed filming in New Zealand, is scheduled to premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on September 2, 2022, with new episodes airing weekly.

The new series takes place thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books in a time of relative peace. It is the first time Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth’s history will appear on screen. The series will follow an ensemble of characters as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.

“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.”

The cast includes 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.

Showrunners and Executive Producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay 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, with Wayne Che as a co-executive producer, Charlotte Brändström as director and Christopher Newman as producer.

“As Bilbo says, ‘Now I think I am quite ready to go on another journey,’” said Payne and McKay. “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.”