Everything We Know About the Lord of the Rings TV Series

If you've been dearly missing the Shire, Amazon has some great news for you. The streaming service has a Lord of the Rings TV series in the works, and although details are sparse about what this series will look like and when we can expect it, we're already amped to return to Middle-earth.

To help keep you up to date on all the spoilers, casting news, and premiere info, TV Guide has compiled every scrap of information currently out there about this Lord of The Rings series. Here's what we know so far.

It will hopefully premiere in 2021. A spin-off series is never late, it arrives precisely when it means to -- and Amazon Studios means for the new Lord of the Rings prequel series to arrive at a pretty far off point in the future. Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke told The Hollywood Reporter that the series would ideally premiere in 2021, but that's still a ballpark figure.

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It will be a prequel. Though we don't know specifics about when this series will be set. Amazon confirmed earlier this year that the television series will be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth. The Second Age lasted 3,441 years, and it ended with the downfall of the Dark Lord Sauron, the antagonist in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Given that franchise-defining plot point, there's a good chance this series will depict Sauron's rise and fall from power in Middle-earth.

There will be multiple seasons. According to Deadline, Amazon committed to multiple seasons of this prequel series when it acquired the rights to Lord of the Rings with an option for a potential spin-off.

It's coming from fantasy and sci-fi heavy hitters. JD Payne and Patrick McKay, who previously worked on Star Trek 4, have been tapped to helm the series, and Game of Thrones' writer and producer Bryan Cogman has signed on to consult on the series.

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