‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3 Sets Fall Release Date

Amazon Prime Video has set a release date for the next installation of “The Rings of Power.”

The third season of the “Lord of the Rings” prequel series will debut on November 11. The news was announced ahead of Amazon’s presentation to advertisers at upfronts in New York City, where the company also released a new image of Sauron (Charlie Vickers) wearing a crown.

“The Rings of Power” is set thousands of years before the original books and movies, during the Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. According to the official description, Season 3 will take place several years after the events of Season 2, picking up “at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron, as the Dark Lord seeks to craft the One Ring that will give him the edge he needs to win the war, bind all peoples to his will – and at last rule all Middle-earth.”

According to Amazon, Season 1 of “The Rings of Power” remains its biggest TV launch ever while Season 2 is among its top five most-watched returning series ever. (Both statistics were measured in terms of 91-day viewership.) Amazon also says the series has attracted over 185 million viewers overall and is one of the company’s biggest contributors to new Prime Video sign-ups.

J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay serve as showrunners of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” and executive produce alongside Lindsey Weber, Justin Doble, Kate Hazell and director Charlotte Brandstrom. Matthew Penry-Davey is producer and Ally O’Leary, Tim Keene and Andrew Lee are co-producers. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.

“From the very beginning, this series has embodied the scale, ambition and cinematic storytelling that define Prime Video’s biggest global series,” said Peter Friedlander, Amazon’s Head of Global Television, in a statement. “The extraordinary response from millions of fans around the world has made it clear that this journey through Middle-earth continues to resonate, and that momentum has only grown heading into Season 3.”