Anticipation is building for the latest second season of The Lord of the Rings epic Rings of Power. The Prime Video series is set thousands of years before the events of the highly popular Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films and covers the creation of the Rings of Power, an alliance between Elves and Men, and how the Dark Lord Sauron came to power. The first season cost around $700 million (about £556 million) to produce, which included the rights from the J.
R.R. Tolkien estate.
The eight-episode season was watched by over 100 million viewers from its premiere in September 2022 to December of that year and became most watched ever at the time for Prime Video . With such a fanbase for Lord of the Rings and Rings of Power, it's no wonder that fans are eagerly anticipating the second series of the hit show. The first season ended with many plots left to explore, namely the twist in its finale that Sauron was hiding in plain sight the whole time as a human.
This is what you can expect from Rings of Power season two and how you can watch on Prime Video . When will the second season of Rings of Power be released? The latest season of The Rings of Power will be released on Thursday, August 29, with new episodes to air on Prime Video . The release time is expected to be 12am.
The first three episodes will be released on August 29, with the remaining five episodes being released in the following weeks. The season finale, directed by Charlotte Brändström, will be released on Th.