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# Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series is getting a second season
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-season-two-renewal/
- Published: 2019-11-18T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-13T14:50:46.000Z
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: News, Lord of the Rings

Amazon’s upcoming Middle-earth series is still years away from debuting on the company’s streaming service, but it’s already granted the series an early second season renewal, [according to *Deadline*](https://deadline.com/2019/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-series-renewed-season-2-amazon-early-renewal-season-1-hiatus-writers-room-reassembled-1202788730/?ref=andrewliptak.com).

The news isn’t a huge surprise: when Amazon initially acquired the rights to the series, it was for multiple seasons, as well as a potential spinoff series. The show is expected to be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, prior to the events of *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings*. The show’s social media accounts have hinted that the series will [focus on the fall of Númenor, and the War of the Last Alliance](https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/7/18254611/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-tv-show-map?ref=andrewliptak.com). That’s a lot of territory to cover, and the show’s writers have their work cut out for them.

*Deadline* reports that the Amazon has reassembled its [writers’ room](https://reactormag.com/2019/07/29/the-fellowship-of-amazons-middle-earth/?ref=andrewliptak.com) to begin the work of plotting out the show’s second season, and that director J.A. Bayona will shoot the first two episodes before the production goes on an extended, 4-5 month production hiatus.

“The writing team of the series, led by showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay,” *Deadline* writes, “will use the time to map out and write the bulk of Season 2 scripts.” The idea here is that the production team will evaluate the first couple of episodes and take stock, and then move on to shoot the rest of Season 1 and potentially Season 2\. *Deadline* notes that shooting the two seasons back-to-back could mean a shorter wait between seasons for fans.

Amazon hasn’t announced when the series will debut, but [production is set to begin soon](https://reactormag.com/2019/09/17/amazon-middle-earth-tolkien-lord-of-the-rings-series-new-zealand-production/?ref=andrewliptak.com) in New Zealand.