News culture This Prime Video series is as good as “Rings of Power”: The next season has been officially announced by Amazon
Amazon Prime Video is not only making a name for itself in the SVOD market. On the contrary, the North American online distribution giant is investing heavily in series productions to compete with Netflix and Disney+. In the face of The Rings of Power and its billions of US dollars, another heroic fantasy series stands out, and it is just as good as The Lord of the Rings. It has logically been renewed for a new season.
The success of The Wheel of Time
This was supposed to be the ultimate project to secure Amazon’s total hegemony in the SVOD market in the West. Backed by a colossal budget of one billion US dollars, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ultimately only partially convinced Prime Video subscribers.
The Wheel of Time is a series created by Rafe Judkins for Amazon Studios, based on the writings of the same name by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The original title “The Wheel of Time” was a real hit worldwide and the 90 million novels sold do not prove otherwise. Not surprisingly, Prime Video and Sony Pictures targeted the saga in 2017 for broadcast in 2021. Season 1 of The Wheel of Time, starring Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice, Jack Reacher) in the title role of Moiraine Damodred, caused a stir when it was released on Amazon Prime Video.
Season 2, released two years later, even managed to put Rings of Power in the spotlight in the hearts of fantasy fans. And the press is moving in that direction. Season 1 of the Amazon series “The Lord of the Rings” has a score of 83% on RottenTomatoes, while “The Wheel of Time” does just as well with two seasons under its belt. However, the arrival of new episodes of Rings of Power could change the situation at the end of August. The Wheel of Time has been renewed for season three without an airdate being announced.
The lives of five villagers are turned upside down when a powerful and mysterious woman reveals to them that one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy that could plunge the world into darkness forever. Will they agree to follow this stranger to save the world before the Dark One escapes from his prison and the final battle begins? – (Amazon Prime Video)
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The Return of the Rings of Power in August 2024
Fans of “Lord of the Rings” are waiting with impatience (and a touch of excitement) for the debut of the second season of the event series “The Rings of Power”. With this new episodic series, Amazon must appease all those who were disappointed by a first season that was not unanimously received. With 8 new episodes, Season 2 begins on August 29th with the first three and ends on October 3rd after the eighth and final episode was posted online.
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