Less than a month before the highly-anticipated debut of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Amazon Studios has revealed the official episode schedule for the forthcoming Lord of the Rings TV adaptation, confirming its two-episode series debut on September 2. The rest of the episodes will follow a weekly, single-episode rollout.
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Given its global release, Prime Video also revealed the launch times and days for each time zone around the world, which you can check out below:
*Week One Timings:
6 p.m. PDT – Thursday, September 1
9 p.m. EDT – Thursday, September 1
2 a.m. UK – Friday, September 2
3 a.m. CEST – Friday, September 2
5:30 a.m. IST – Friday, September 2
10 a.m. JST – Friday, September 2
11 a.m. AU – Friday, September 2
1 p.m. NZ – Friday, September 2
*Week Two Timings Through to Season Finale:
9 p.m. PDT – Thursdays
12 a.m. EDT – Fridays
1 a.m. Brazil – Fridays
5 a.m. UK – Fridays
6 a.m. CEST – Fridays
9:30 a.m. IST – Fridays
1 p.m. JST – Fridays
2 p.m. AU – Fridays
4 p.m. NZ – Fridays
The high-profile fantasy drama is expected to cover multiple storylines, “from deep within the dwarf mines of the Misty Mountains to the high politics of the elven kingdom of Lindon and the humans’ powerful, Atlantis-like island, Númenor,” which would eventually converge on the creation of the titular powerful rings.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power features an ensemble cast led by Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Maxim Baldry as Isildur, Nazanin Boniadi as human village healer Bronwyn, Ismael Cruz Córdova as the Silvan elf Arondir, Charles Edwards as elven smith Celebrimbor, Sophia Nomvete as dwarven princess Disa, Charlie Vickers as Halbrand, Sir Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows, Dylan Smith as Largo Brandyfoot, Sara Zwangobani as Marigold Brandyfoot, Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow, Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, Benjamin Walker as High King Gil-galad, Tyroe Muhafidin as Theo, Markella Kavenagh as Nori Brandyfoot, and Daniel Weyman as The Stranger.
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Additional cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Trystan Gravelle, Ema Horvath, Joseph Mawle, Lloyd Owen, Leon Wadham, and Benjamin Walker, who are the only ones not yet given character names.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is developed and executive produced by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, who are serving as showrunners. Even before it went into production for the first season, Amazon Studios granted the project a second season renewal.
