

British actor Maxim Baldry has signed on for a lead role, though his character's name has not yet been revealed. Australian actor Markella Kavenagh will reportedly play a character named Tyra. English actor Robert Aramayo, who played young Ned Stark in HBO's Game of Thrones, will star as Beldor, the leading role in the new series. The castĪmazon has announced a long list of actors who'll star in the series, though there's not a lot of detail about the characters they will play. But once you have one, you get unlimited streaming via Prime Video, which is now available in more than 200 countries. You need an Amazon Prime membership to access the content. Amazon Studios has produced such original series as The Man in the High Castle and The Marvelous Mrs. Amazon Prime Video is a premium on-demand entertainment service that not only licenses content but also makes its own. How to watchĪs you almost certainly know, Amazon has an entertainment arm. The series will be around for a while: The Tolkien deal requires Amazon to commit to five seasons. The show will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. Our guess is we'll have to see how the first show does before going there.

Right now plans are for a multiseason series set in that pre-Fellowship time period called The Second Age.īut there may be more than one show: Amazon's initial press release noted that the deal includes a potential additional spinoff series. Amazon bought the global TV rights to Tolkien's ( it's pronounced Tol-KEEN) Lord of the Rings saga, though what exactly the company will do with those rights could evolve.

However, the show plans to film its second season in the United Kingdom, which left some Kiwis upset.
