Amazon Prime Video plans to drop the primary two episodes of the eight-part sequence The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy late at evening on September 1st. This sequence, primarily based on the Center Earth literary saga written by J.R.R. Tolkien, is about hundreds of years earlier than the occasions Tolkien wrote about in his novel The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings e book trilogy. It is usually reportedly the most costly TV present ever produced with a complete price range of almost $500 million for its first season. However you is perhaps asking your self the place to look at the sooner Lord of the Rings movies?

In case you might have by no means learn the books, and even in case you are conversant in the Center Earth setting, it is perhaps a superb time to meet up with the saga. Fortunately, the three Lord of the Rings live-action movies, and the three movie trilogy that tailored The Hobbit, are each obtainable to stream from not one however two streaming providers as of this writing. Right here’s a have a look at the place you possibly can compensate for the earlier Center Earth live-action movies, and likewise when you possibly can count on to look at the eight-episode sequence The Rings of Energy.

Director and co-writer Peter Jackson made a daring transfer to movie all three Lord of the Rings motion pictures on the identical time. The end result was an acclaimed trilogy of fantasy motion pictures that additionally grew to become large field workplace hits, and outlined the fantasy style in each movies and TV exhibits for years to return.

The hunt by the hobbit Frodo Baggins and his allies to lastly destroy The One Ring of Energy may be watch from two completely different sources. Certainly one of them is Amazon Prime Video itself. You’ll be able to take a look at The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King proper now on the identical service that has The Rings of Energy present.

For those who actually need the complete Peter Jackson trilogy, it’s best to head to HBO Max. In addition they have The Lord of the Rings trilogy to stream, however additionally they have prolonged variations of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King you possibly can take a look at. At a mixed size of over 12 hours, the prolonged variations The Lord of the Rings will probably be longer than the primary season of Amazon’s The Rings of Energy.

Along with discovering out the place to look at The Lord Of The Rings, you may additionally wish to take a look at Jackson’s different Center Earth movies. After The Lord of the Rings, Jackson went all in and likewise grew to become the director and co-writer of one other trilogy, this time primarily based on Tolkien’s prequel novel The Hobbit, the place Bilbo Baggins goes on his personal journey quest and recovers the misplaced One Ring of Energy. As with Jackson’s earlier motion pictures, you possibly can watch this trilogy, at the very least for now, on Amazon Prime Video, with An Surprising Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of the 5 Armies.

Formally, The Rings of Energy is a prequel to Tolkien’s novels, reasonably than Peter Jackson’s variations. Nonetheless, primarily based on the trailers which were launched for Amazon’s sequence, it’s simple to see the resemblance of this present to Jackson’s movies, at the very least on a floor stage.

In any case, the primary two episodes of The Rings of Energy will drop on Amazon Prime Video on September 2 in most markets and late on September 1 within the US and different markets. Right here’s the way it will all break down for these two episodes:

• 6 p.m. PDT — Thursday, Sept.1
• 9 p.m. EDT — Thursday, Sept. 1
• 10 p.m. Brazil — Thursday, Sept. 1
• 2 a.m. UK — Friday, Sept. 2
• 3 a.m. Central European Summer time Time — Friday, Sept. 2
• 5:30 a.m. India Normal Time — Friday, Sept. 2
• 10 a.m. Japan Normal Time — Friday, Sept. 2
• 11 a.m. Australia — Friday, Sept. 2
• 1 p.m. New Zealand — Friday, Sept. 2

After that, the remaining six episodes of the primary season will drop weekly. Right here’s when they may go dwell every week.

• 9 p.m. PDT — Thursdays
• 12 a.m. EDT — Fridays
• 1 a.m. Brazil — Fridays
• 5 a.m. UK — Fridays
• 6 a.m. CEST — Fridays
• 9:30 a.m. IST — Fridays
• 1 p.m. JST — Fridays
• 2 p.m. AU — Fridays
• 4 p.m. NZ — Fridays

For those who actually, actually wish to be among the many cool children, Amazon is releasing the primary two episodes of The Rings of Energy in a restricted variety of Cinemark theaters within the US and Canada on August 31, the day earlier than they drop on Prime Video. You’ll be able to head to the Cinemark website online for extra info and to see if you happen to dwell close to a kind of theaters. You should be a member of the free Cinemark Film Rewards members to attend. Nonetheless, you would possibly wish to act shortly as a lot of the showings are already offered out.

That’s all the information we’ve got on the place to look at The Lord Of The Rings movies forward of The Rings of Energy. Do you intend to binge watch Jackson’s motion pictures earlier than going again to Center Earth with the TV sequence?