The second season of Amazon MGM Studios’ The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has yet to make its way onto Prime Video. That hasn’t stopped the showrunners Patrick McKay and JD Payne, however, from beginning to break the story for season three.
This update comes along with the news that McKay and Payne have signed a three-year exclusive overall deal with Amazon MGM under their new company, 10:40 PM Productions.
“We began this remarkable journey with JD and Patrick more than five and a half years ago and have never looked back,” Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios, said in a statement. “We continue to be amazed by the scope and scale of their vision and the enormous global success achieved by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in its record-breaking first season. We can’t wait for Prime Video customers to experience the epic adventure and high-stakes drama that JD and Patrick are continuing to build throughout season two and beyond. Naturally, the studio is thrilled to extend our overall deal with these brilliant creative minds as they continue to deliver on their passion for great storytelling.”
The press release also states that season two of The Rings of Power will premiere sometime in 2024, and that if/when production on season three begins, the show will move from Bray Studios to Shepperton Studios, both of which are in the U.K.
We don’t have news yet on what we’ll see plot-wise after the events of the season one finale, for season two or season three. But it looks like we won’t have to wait until 2025 to watch new episodes.
