Rings of Power season 3 premieres on Prime Video on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, with four episodes on day one and the finale on November 25. Here is the full schedule, the returning and new cast, a spoiler-free look at the story and how to watch your own Prime Video while traveling.
Rings of Power season 3 premieres on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video, and you will not be stuck with a single episode on premiere day: the first four drop at once. Episodes 5 and 6 follow on Wednesday, November 18, and the final two arrive on Wednesday, November 25. That makes eight episodes in three drops.
This season’s hooks are big. Galadriel’s long-lost husband, Celeborn, finally appears, played by Jamie Campbell Bower, and Simon Pegg gives voice to the Balrog. Sauron, meanwhile, is reaching for the One Ring. Below you will find the release schedule, the cast, a spoiler-free look at the story, audio and subtitle options, and how to keep watching your own Prime Video when you travel.
Season 3 is one of several big premieres in November. Our list of what is new on Prime Video in November 2026 covers everything else arriving on the service.
On Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Amazon confirmed the date on Monday, May 11, 2026, at its annual Upfront presentation in New York. According to Amazon, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has drawn more than 185 million viewers worldwide.
Prime Video splits the season into three drops, all on Wednesdays:
Date | Episodes |
|---|---|
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 | Episodes 1 to 4 |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 | Episodes 5 and 6 |
Wednesday, November 25, 2026 | Episodes 7 and 8, the finale |
So the season is not weekly in the classic sense. You get half of it on day one, then a pair of episodes on each of the next two Wednesdays. Three weeks after the premiere, the whole season is out.
Amazon has not announced a release time yet. None of its official season 3 materials names an hour, so we will not guess one. We will add the time to this guide as soon as Amazon publishes it.
Only on Prime Video. The series is an Amazon original, and season 3 premieres exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories, the same worldwide rollout Amazon lists in its press schedules.
In the United States, Prime Video is included with a Prime membership, which costs $14.99 a month or $139 a year, and new members can start with a 30-day free trial. Outside the US, Amazon sends you to your local Amazon website for pricing. Our guide to watching Prime Video from anywhere covers the service beyond the US, and if you are trimming your monthly bills, see our roundup of the cheapest streaming services in 2026.
Season 3 streams in more than 240 countries, so the show itself will be there wherever you land. The catch is your account. If you subscribe in an EU country, portability rules let you use your home subscription as usual while you are temporarily abroad. Travel outside the EU, to the UK, Switzerland, the US or Asia, or stay abroad for longer, and Prime Video shows you the offer of the country you are in. The catalog, the interface language and the audio tracks all vary by country.
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Pick a VPN from the table above and install the app on your phone, laptop or TV device.
Connect to a server in your home country, for example the US.
Open Prime Video and sign in with your own account.
From November 11, press play on season 3 with your usual profile and settings.
Showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay are back in charge, and season 3 is directed by Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri and Stefan Schwartz. As before, the series is based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and its appendices.
Charlie Vickers as Sauron
Morfydd Clark as Galadriel
Robert Aramayo as Elrond
Daniel Weyman as Gandalf
Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad
Owain Arthur as Durin IV
Sophia Nomvete as Disa
Amazon’s season 3 cast list also includes Lloyd Owen as Elendil, Maxim Baldry as Isildur, Trystan Gravelle as Pharazôn, Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Míriel, Ismael Cruz Córdova as Arondir, Ciarán Hinds as the Dark Wizard and Rory Kinnear as Tom Bombadil.
Jamie Campbell Bower (Stranger Things) as Celeborn, Galadriel’s long-lost husband
Zubin Varla (Andor) as Khamûl, the Easterling of Rhûn
Eddie Marsan as Thrain, King Durin IV’s older brother
Andrew Richardson as Anárion, Elendil’s younger son and Isildur’s brother
Adam Young as Marnûkh, a mysterious Orc who may not be what he seems
Simon Pegg (Star Trek) as the voice of the Balrog
Our tip: Celeborn is the newcomer to watch. Amazon describes him only as Galadriel’s long-lost husband, which leaves the season plenty to reveal.
Spoiler-free, and only what Amazon itself says. The series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Season 3 picks up five years after the fall of Eregion, at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron. Middle-earth is at war, and Sauron’s armies have marched across the world, conquering all in their path.
Only a few places still hold out. The Dwarves have sealed themselves deep inside the halls of Khazad-dûm, and the elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell are protected by the Three Rings. From his newly completed tower of Barad-dûr in Mordor, Sauron seeks to craft the One Ring. To stand a chance, the free peoples of Middle-earth (Dwarves, Elves, Men and Wizards) will have to unite.
Prime Video released the official trailer on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. It shows the peoples of Middle-earth fighting Sauron and his Orcs, tension among the Elves at the front, family conflict among the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, Númenor on the brink of civil war and Gandalf in the eastern land of Rhûn. The standout line belongs to Galadriel: “All of it has come to this.”
Before the premiere, the season 3 page on Prime Video, as it appears in the Czech catalog, lists English audio in 5.1 and English subtitles, alongside many other languages. We could not check the US or UK catalogs from our connection, so treat that as a strong hint, not a promise for your country.
Open the show page on premiere day to see the exact options where you live, and keep in mind that the page can still change before release. With a VPN from our table, your home account keeps your home audio and subtitle choices while you travel.
All 16 episodes of the first two seasons are streaming on Prime Video now, worldwide. The whole backstory sits on the same service as season 3, so there is nothing extra to sign up for.
Our tip: from October 28 to November 11 you have 14 days, so one episode a day plus a double bill on Saturday, October 31, and Saturday, November 7, gets you to the premiere on time. When you finish, our top 10 of what to watch on Prime Video has more to fill the days between drops.
As of October 26, 2026, Amazon has not officially announced a fourth season. We will update this guide if that changes.
To sum up: Wednesday, November 11 for episodes 1 to 4, November 18 for episodes 5 and 6, and November 25 for the finale. If you are traveling outside the EU in November, set up a VPN from our table before you leave, so your own Prime Video is ready when the first four episodes drop.
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Prime VideoWidely available185 of 194tracked countriesRings of Power season 3 premieres on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video. The first four episodes are available that day.
Season 3 has 8 episodes in three drops. Episodes 1 to 4 arrive on November 11, episodes 5 and 6 on November 18, and the final two on November 25.
Amazon has not announced a release time yet. We will add it to this guide as soon as Amazon publishes it.
Only on Prime Video, which carries the series exclusively in more than 240 countries and territories. All 16 episodes of seasons 1 and 2 are already there, and season 3 joins them on November 11, 2026.
Not quite. Prime Video releases four episodes on Wednesday, November 11, then two on November 18 and the last two on November 25. The whole season is out within three weeks.
Jamie Campbell Bower plays Celeborn, Zubin Varla plays Khamûl, Eddie Marsan plays Thrain, Andrew Richardson plays Anárion and Adam Young plays the Orc Marnûkh. Simon Pegg voices the Balrog.
In most countries, using a VPN is legal. It changes your virtual location, and you keep paying for your own Prime Video subscription. Our explainer on how a VPN for streaming works covers the details.
As of October 26, 2026, Amazon has not officially announced a fourth season. We will update this guide when there is news.
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