Amazon bought the rights to the Lord of The Rings in 2017 for $250 million and will spend $1 billion on the 5 season production. This could make Game Of Thrones look like a children's nativity play.
Production of this first series started in New Zealand in 2018, and according to Jeff Bezos' Twitter account the show will be launched on the second of September this year.
I'm a huge Lord of The Rings fan; Amazon Video Prime will have at least one new subscriber when this launches. I cannot wait!