Considering the with child - tag investment Amazon Prime Video has made inThe Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Powerso far , it ’s a little surprising the waft has n’t formally confirmeda third seasonis on the way , particularly afterall the dangling threadsleft at the recent end of season two . But the decisiveness - God Almighty look to still be very , very jazzed about their expensive show .
talk toVariety , Jennifer Salke , the foreland of Amazon MGM Studios , was asked what she believe about the reactions toRings of Power‘s 2d time of year , and she get going right to talking about viewership numbers game . “ apparently very different marketing levels and all of that [ to season one ] , ” Salke tell the barter . “ But that being order , over 55 million citizenry at this point have engage since time of year two launched . And if you look at the foresighted - terminal figure trajectory , which is how this company looks at an plus like that , this is a long - term investment in that franchise . [ … ] There ’s well over 150 million viewer ascertain and engage with the show . So I find really full . I think we all do . ”
Variety followed up by asking if Amazon is still attached to — as reportsin Varietyand elsewhere ahead of time of year one indicate — discharge 50 total episode of the show . “ [ That ] commitment is never the thing that ’s driving what we ’re doing , ” Salke said . “ We ’ll continue to make the show as long as we see global customers loving it and watching it to the point where — it is a business . Obviously , we need a large amount of people showing up . And there are a magnanimous amount of people , so there ’s no disputation about whether or not the show will continue . ”
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That ’s good news for fans of the show , since consider numbers — never a straightforward design to interpret in the streaming era — seemed to indicatefewer viewers were tune up infor the soph season of a show whose first season experiencedan alarming decrease in audienceas it progressed . However , it ’s long been suggestedRings of Powerhas a five - time of year plan . Since both season have clocked in at eight episodes each , the series ’ total run would come suddenly of 50 if that math keeps up . Could 40 total episode be a more accurate goal at this point ?
grant , it seems a little silly to be wonder how many episodesRings of Powerwill be when time of year three has yet to be officially announced . A hebdomad ago , the Hollywood Reportersaid it was “ on the verge ” of find , and predicted we ’d get an update by the close of October . With Salke ’s optimistic remarks to Variety add even more fuel to the fire , it sounds like a paying back to Middle - earth is all but assured .
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