The Rings of Power Trailer

It's no secret that Amazon is betting big on Tolkien.

The prime series The Rings of Power debuts on Prime Video on September the 8th, and is guaranteed to run for five seasons. The cost? Likely to exceed $1 billion.

Yeah, that's billion. With a B.

The Rings of Power is based is set in the Second Age (The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings take place thousands of years later in the Third Age) before the forging of the rings and the rise of Sauron's power.

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