According to the press release by Prime Video, the premiere date for the third season of the streamer’s original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. During Amazon’s annual Upfront presentation, the streamer announced the much-anticipated third season of the popular series. The globally successful and award-winning series, which has attracted over 185 million viewers worldwide, remains one of Amazon’s strongest drivers of new Prime membership sign-ups. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will premiere on Prime Video on November 11, 2026.
“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, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios, via the press release. “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 Three.”
As per the press release, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is one of Prime Video’s highest-performing sand most viewed series on the streamer. Seasons one and two are Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The second season of the series is among the top five most-watched series on Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 Chart and remained in the top four throughout its entire run.
According to the press release, the third season of the series is produced by showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne (Escape, Uprising) and Patrick McKay (Star Trek Beyond, Flash Gordon). The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s (The Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin) The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books. Several years after the events of Season Two, Season Three takes place at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron, as the Dark Lord seeks to craft the One Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is available to stream on Prime Video.