Ahead of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 hitting Prime Video in November, season 4 is in development – though it hasn't been officially greenlit yet.
The news comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, which says the plan is to begin pre-production on season 4 this fall, and for cameras to start rolling in early 2027.
But the fourth season hasn't been confirmed, with a greenlight still to come. It does seem very unlikely that the fourth chapter in the epic Lord of the Rings show won't happen; however, the show has always been devised as five seasons long. Season 1 had a record-breaking debut for the streamer and became its most-watched original, too, though season 2 dipped in views by 60%.
Season 3 will land this November 11, and the first look at the show is an ominous one indeed: it shows Sauron wearing Morgoth's Iron Crown with dark hair, no longer in his Annatar guise.
This isn't the only Middle-earth story coming to the screen. Andy Serkis is directing The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, while Stephen Colbert is co-writing another film, which will be set after The Return of the King. But, these movies exist separately from the show, though they of course all draw from J.R.R. Tolkien's works.
Elijah Wood will return as Frodo in the Serkis film, along with Ian McKellen as Gandalf. The role of Aragorn, meanwhile, will be played by Jamie Dornan.
"I'm going back to do more Gandalf. Who would have thought there was more?" joked McKellen at an event attended by GamesRadar+. "The person who thought there was more was Andy Serkis, and he's going to be directing Gollum's early life."
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