Season three of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will premiere on November 11, 2026. Prime Video confirmed the date and released the first new image of Charlie Vickers as Sauron.
The series premiered in September 2022, and season two followed in August 2024.
Prime Video hasn’t released a full season three returning cast list. Newcomers to Middle-earth include Jamie Campbell Bower, Eddie Marsan, Andrew Richardson, Zubin Varla, and Adam Young.
“From the very beginning, this series has embodied the scale, ambition, and cinematic storytelling that define Prime Video’s biggest global series,” stated Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios. “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.”
J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay serve as showrunners and executive producers. Additional executive producers include Lindsey Weber, Justin Doble, and Kate Hazell. Charlotte Brandstrom directs and executive produces. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Synopsis, Courtesy of Prime Video
The Rings of Power 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 books and takes viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness.
The series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains to the majestic forests of the elf capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
Jumping forward several years from 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 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.