Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series teaser trailer will air during the Super Bowl this weekend! The highly anticipated television series is finally coming out in the fall this year. There has not been a lot of details on what the show’s synopsis is about, but according to Amazon, the show “brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings“. The Lord of the Rings will reportedly be the most expensive television show. The first season cost at least $465 million!
Production for the series was filmed in New Zealand and then finished up in the U.K. Amazon ordered the series for 8 episodes and has plans to make more seasons for years to come. The cast includes Peter Mullan, Benjamin Walker, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Trystan Gravelle, and Sara Zwangobani. There is no report of familiar faces from the franchise to return, but you never know. The Lord of the Rings is one of the most iconic franchises in Hollywood history. The first film came out in 2001 and grossed $897 million globally. The 2001 film starred Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Ian McKellan, Andy Serkis, and Cate Blanchett. The Hobbit came out a decade later and made $1 Billion globally!
There is no doubt The Lord of the Rings is a popular and successful franchise. Streaming services have become a bit competitive today, and with a show like this for Amazon, there’s a chance the streaming service may have a hit on its hands. You can watch the entire The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies on HBO Max today!
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings television series will air weekly, starting September 2, 2022! Don’t miss the teaser trailer out this weekend!
