{"id":584744,"date":"2026-04-05T23:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584744\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:52:08","slug":"amazon-is-sticking-with-rings-of-power-to-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584744\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s many uncertainties in this world, but apparently the future of Prime Video\u2019s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/a> may not be one of them.<\/p>\n

According to a source speaking to The Ankler\u2019s Lesley Goldberg<\/a>, the show\u2019s considered a \u201cmagical halo\u201d by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. As such, it\u2019s \u201cproteced for its run\u201d and likely to finish out the five-season arc Amazon pitched back when it first secured the rights<\/a>. Getting those rights and making the show has been pretty pricey<\/a> for the company, and the first two seasons had a two-year release gap. At time of writing, the show\u2019s third season doesn\u2019t have a firm date beyond \u201csometime in 2026,\u201d and some have generally wondered how much more life\u00a0Rings of Power\u00a0had left in it.<\/p>\n

Goldberg\u2019s report also mentions a tradeoff to this five-season plan: for\u00a0Rings of Power to live on, a spinoff that\u2019d been planned for it has gotten axed. Major Prime Video shows like The Boys\u00a0and\u00a0Invincible\u00a0have become small franchises unto themselves, and it makes sense the streamer would want to repeat that for its remaining big fantasy series. While Amazon may not get to build on Middle-earth after the show ends, Warner Bros. is determined to keep the Lord of the\u00a0Rings\u00a0train going with two new films: a Gollum prequel<\/a>, and an interquel that also reunites the Hobbits<\/a> after the events of\u00a0Return of the King.<\/p>\n

[via IGN<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s many uncertainties in this world, but apparently the future of Prime Video\u2019s Lord of the Rings: The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,12493,35112,164232],"class_list":["post-584744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-j-r-r-tolkien","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-rings-of-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}