The Rings of Power: Season 2 filming has begun

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power continues. The filming of the second season of the successful series from the Tolkien universe has started. The filming location shifts from New Zealand to UK.

The first flap fell

While the spectators are still sitting spellbound in front of the screens and the Happenings in Middle-earth filming has already begun for the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. At the October 3, 2022 was the first take the expensive Amazon series.

The Rings of Power leave New Zealand

Like the films of Lord of the rings-Saga, including the “Hobbit” trilogy, also found the filming of the prequel series mainly in New Zealand instead of. But now it seems to be time to leave home behind and to new shores to leave – at least for the film team of “The Rings of Power”.

Hobbits, Orcs and Elves are now moved to the UK and have set up camp at Bray Studios (outside London). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the change of location seemed due to the high production costs inevitable. So have “Amazon switched production to UK as this is considered more economical”says James Hibbert (via The Hollywood Reporter).

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power went recently, with one Budget around half a billion US dollars, as the most expensive series of all time. Costs that Amazon is now trying to save, among other things, by changing location. That’s not just how the second season is supposed to be cheaper but also produced faster will.

When is The Rings of Power Season 2 coming out?

Filming for first season went well over 18 months lasted However, there were significant restrictions due to the pandemic, which are no longer necessary. Nevertheless, one can assume that including post production some time will go into the country. A release before the fourth quarter of 2023 is therefore unlikely.