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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome

Apr 22, 2:15pm
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‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3 to Premiere Later This Year
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From The Hollywood Reporter: ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3 to Premiere Later This Year (Exclusive)
Some good news for you Tolkien fans: Prime Video‘s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will make its debut later this year. The next installment of Amazon‘s high-budget smash-hit had been rumored to arrive in 2027, but a source close to production tells The Hollywood Reporter it’ll be a little sooner than that. The show, an enormous success for the streaming platform with around 170 million viewers worldwide and a major driver of Prime membership signups, is set to execute a pretty chunky time jump in season three. Read the full article here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/...ate-2026-1236571693/
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Jenny Blake Isabella
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DGHCaretaker
Nargothrond
Apr 22, 2:55pm
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The show, an enormous success for the streaming platform with around 170 million viewers worldwide and a major driver of Prime membership signups, is set to execute a pretty chunky time jump in season three. Some good news for y'all here, but it's sentences like the above that get my cynical attention. The Hollywood Reporter (and Deadline) have generally been better than typical "access media" about PR propaganda. "Enormous success" is blatant PR, probably coming straight from a relationship with the production. And note how "170 million viewers" is so easily misconstrued as Rings of Power viewers by inattentive readers or down the line from a Telephone Game. According to metrics from Season 2 and a loss from Season 1, most Prime viewers are watching something else, or at least subscribed to watch plenty of other things, not to mention free shipping.
(This post was edited by DGHCaretaker on Apr 22, 2:57pm)
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Junesong
Nargothrond

Apr 22, 5:03pm
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Every time there's an article like this talking about ROP in this way I expect to find you here saying something exactly like this. And then a few minutes later, I'm definitely guaranteed to show up and respond exactly like I'm doing. I think it's possible that ROP can be BOTH "mid" to some and also really popular. I think it's possible to hate ROP and also watch it become a hit. I don't think all praise of ROP is propaganda or PR or shameless advertising. I do think ROP has somehow become a touchpoint in the culture wars. It seems impossible for us to separate our personal opinions from the louder cultural noise around the show. (Around all shows) All in all I'm glad to know that I can always count on you to remind us that the show is corporate sell out trash marketed to us by unethical fan blaming ideologues. And you can always count on me to jump in a few minutes later and use lots of elipses and dashes and brackets to provide counter claims. It brings me a weird comfort.
"So which story do you prefer?" "The one with the tiger. That's the better story." "Thank you. And so it goes with God."
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DGHCaretaker
Nargothrond
Apr 22, 6:00pm
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Should I chuckle? Not sure. Today was a rant on the media and specious reporting - not the show at all. Maybe that's some comfort.
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome

Tue, 4:13am
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Rings of Power Season 3 release date confirmed for November 11 on Prime Video
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From the TORn homepage:
After much fan conjecture, Amazon MGM Studios confirms the release date of Season 3. In a press release from the Amazon Upfronts in NYC, Prime Video has announced the release date of season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. While previous seasons launched around Labor Day September 1, the new third season will be debuting November 11, 2026 globally streaming on Prime Video. Here’s the full press release Press release at the link: https://www.theonering.net/...r-11-on-prime-video/
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Jenny Blake Isabella
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Noria
Hithlum
Tue, 7:36pm
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I’m looking forward to seeing where RoP goes in Season 3. The image of Sauron released with the announcement is striking – Sauron wearing the crown, partially turned away from us towards some kind of inferno. Another interesting new look for the character and the actor.
The sun yet shines
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