How many episodes of The Rings Of Power will there be? Release schedule explained-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro

The brands new series is just around the corner (Picture: Amazon Studio / AP)

Lord Of The Rings fans don’t have much longer to wait to return to Middle Earth as the eagerly anticipated TV series, The Rings Of Power, is just around the corner.

The fantasy series will tell the story of the forging of the legendary rings, the ascension of the dark lord Sauron, and the final alliance between humans and elves in the Second Age.

It is based on the appendices of JRR Tolkien’s The Lords of the Rings novels, as well as The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-Earth.

The official synopsis for the show reads: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history.

‘This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and one of the greatest villains that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness.

‘Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil to Middle-earth.

‘From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the farthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.’

His Dark Materials’ Morfydd Clark and Game of Thrones’ Robert Amarayo star as elves Galadriel and Elrond, previously portrayed by Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving in Peter Jackson’s popular trilogy, and are joined in the cast by the likes of Sir Lenny Henry, Benjamin Walker, Nazanin Boniadi, Owain Arthur and A Discovery of Witches’ Trystan Gravelle.

The series is set to be the biggest prodction made so far by Amazon (Picture: AP)

The show boasts an all-star cast including Morfydd Clark and Robert Amarayo (Picture: Ben Rothstein / Prime Video )

The series is one of the biggest productions ever made for Amazon Prime, using a total of 38 filming locations were chosen for the season and racking up a cost that could make it the most expensive TV series ever made.

But when will each episode be released in the UK and how can you watch them? Here’s what you need to know:

How many episodes of The Rings Of Power will there be?

The first series of the show will contain eight episodes.

The Rings Of Power is reportedly the most expensive TV series ever made (Picture: Ben Rothstein / Prime Video)

The Rings of Power was reportedly bought by Amazon for $250 million (£213 million) and committed to five seasons of production – the cost for which is rumoured to total $1 billion (£855 million).

If this is correct, it would make it the most expensive TV show ever made.

In comparison, Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy cost roughly $285 million (£246 million) to make, and the Hobbit trilogy cost a reported $623 million (£538 million).

When will The Rings Of Power be available in the UK?

The show will premiere in the US today (Thursday, September 1), and will be available to UK audiences on Amazon Prime video tomorrow (Friday, September 2) from 2am.

The series is set thousands of years before the events in rhe Lord Of The Rings trilogy (Picture: Ben Rothstein / Prime Video)

The first two episodes will be released tomorrow, and the following six will be released weekly each Friday.

The episodes will be released on the following dates:

September 9September 16September 23September 30October 7October 14

The six remaining episodes will be released at the same time in the UK as the first two.

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power begins on Amazon Prime at 2am on Friday, September 2.

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