In September 2020, Deadline announced that filming had officially resumed in NZ.

The show suffered major production delays at the start of the international COVID-19 quarantine, but in early July 2020 the government of New Zealand granted border exemptions to a number of the Lord of the Rings crew (along with seven other productions, including the Avatar sequels and the live-action Cowboy Bebop series), meaning that they were allowed to fly in and quarantine themselves for two weeks before restarting production on the show. We have a date!!! Woooo!! Nearly five years after the series was first announced, Amazon has confirmed the first season will premiere on September 2, 2022.

When will The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premiere on Amazon? To fill the wait, you might as well read up on everything we know about Amazon Prime's Lord of the Rings series. That being said, the series' target premiere date is closer than ever.

The show, which Amazon is clearly hoping will be the next Game of Thrones style mega-hit, will reportedly cost the company $1 billion over the course of its five-yeah, five-total seasons. Rather, the series will act as a prequel of sorts, diving into Middle Earth's rich history and mythology. Set during the 'Second Age' of Tolkien's universe, the series won't dig into any of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, meaning that our pals Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee will have nothing to do with it.

Since then, we've gotten more information about the series, its creative team, cast, and plot. Information about the series has been coming at a painstakingly slow trickle, with plot details notably amorphous until 2019 when the show's official account tweeted out a map (more on that later) that made hardcore fans almost literally implode from speculative excitement. If you haven't been obsessively following the news swirling about the Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series, you're probably feeling a bit out of the loop.

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