Overview
- The Hollywood Reporter and multiple outlets reported Wednesday that the show’s UK production is planning pre‑production this fall and hopes to begin shooting in early 2027, but Prime Video has not formally greenlit a fourth season.
- If that schedule holds, the series’ past release cadence makes a 2028 premiere for season 4 the likeliest outcome.
- Amazon says The Rings of Power has attracted more than 185 million viewers worldwide and the company committed to a five‑season plan when it bought the Second Age TV rights in 2017.
- Production has shifted to a UK base and the new timeline suggests Amazon wants to shorten the multi‑year gaps between seasons, which will affect cast and crew scheduling and postproduction planning.
- Warner Bros. is separately developing Third Age Lord of the Rings films, including Andy Serkis’s The Hunt for Gollum set for December 17, 2027, underlining that multiple, rights‑driven Middle‑earth projects will run in parallel.