Forget Star Wars or Marvel! It's our turn for The Lord of the Rings to become the number one topic of conversation in pop culture again. Numerous announcements in the past few days have caused storms of celebration among fans of Middle-earth, Game of Thrones and The Witcher. But The Lord of the Rings is obviously not a sure-fire success. On the contrary, there is a threat of disaster.
When is The Lord of the Rings coming back to the cinema?
The end of the year celebrates JRR Tolkien's fantasy saga finally making a comeback on the big screen. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the prequel to Peter Jackson's second film. His team is involved in the production. But it gets even better.
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Another film is scheduled to be released in 2026. The name of the production already reveals the legend Lord of the Rings will return. Peter Jackson doesn't direct the film himself, but as producer he has a decisive say. But there is another Lord of the Rings project that will be released to viewers this summer.
When does the second season of the Amazon series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power start?
The eight new episodes will be available exclusively for Prime members from August 29, 2024 to be published. But even though the hype train is around Lord of the Rings slowly but surely gaining momentum, a major disaster threatens. Because Amazon seems to be at The Rings of Power neatly miscalculated to have.
The rights for the series set in the second age of Middle-earth alone are said to have cost a quarter of a billion US dollars. After the release of the first episodes Amazon announced recordsthe excitement about The Rings of Power however, it didn't last long.
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Is it worth it? Lord of the Rings series on Amazon? According to this, the critics are of the same opinion Review portal Rotten Tomatoes largely agreed. The series hits 83 percent Approval. The audience, however, sees it differently. Only 38 percent rated the history of the War of the Ring as positive. But it gets worse.
According to a report, only 37 percent of American viewers finished watching the first season. You have to imagine it. A Lord of the Rings series that is available “for free” as part of a subscription at no additional cost does not even manage to keep half of the audience happy. And we're talking here not over 24 episodesbut just about poppy ones 8 episodes, which you can get away for a while on a rainy weekend. What does this mean for season 2?
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The Format of a series has a decisive disadvantage. Everyone who was already during the first season of The Rings of Power who have dropped out will almost certainly stay away from the new episodes completely. A Collapse in viewer numbers is therefore more than likely. Will Amazon actually be willing to do more? hundreds of millions of dollars in Middle-earth pumping is questionable. The coal would certainly be available, but it would be more sensibly invested elsewhere. Of all people, Peter Jackson could save the Lord of the Rings series.
Although they have Movies and the Amazon series don't have anything to do with each otherhowever, the hype could be about the new films by Peter Jackson the interest in The Rings of Power reignite and let it shoot through the ceiling. Should it turn out that Middle-earth even in 2026 Billions into the box office rinses, millions of fans and interested parties could finally turn to the series. If she second season also qualitatively delivers to take advantage of the momentum? We'll know more in the summer.