Amazon to launch 'Lord of the Rings' series in September 2022

Uruk-Hai warriors from the Lord of The Rings during the parade through the Wellington streets prior to the worldwide premier of the third and final Rings movie "Return of The King", Wellington, New Zealand in December 2003

Amazon announced Monday that its big-budget "The Lord of The Rings" series, based on the fantasy saga by J.R.R. Tolkien, will premiere worldwide in September 2022.

The streaming service hopes that the yet-to-be-titled series will rival the success of "Game of Thrones." The first episode will be available on September 2, 2022. 

Situated in Middle Earth and featuring some of the epic's most iconic characters, the series begins with new adventures "beginning in a time of relative peace, thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' books," the statement said.

The cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson, known for her role in the series "Spartacus," and Robert Aramayo, who played a young Eddard Stark in "Game of Thrones," which became a behemoth of the fantasy genre over the course of its eight seasons.

The internet titan founded by Jeff Bezos bought the storied MGM studios at the end of May for $8.45 billion.

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