In the wake of its second season finale and strong ratings, the fantasy epic is very close to getting a pickup.

Prime Video is expecting more “growth and momentum” for Season 2 over time, though as Deadline previously reported, the series has been struggled to retain a large portion of its Season 1 audience. Samba TV data shows that the Season 2 premiere episode drew half the audience that the first episode of Season 1 drew in less time.

Good news for LOTR fans! Amazon is reportedly close to renewing its Prime Video fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, for a third season, per The Hollywood Reporter. However, despite showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay preparing for the next season for several months,

The Rings of Power” has reached 55 million global viewers since its launch 34 days ago on Aug. 29. That’s an increase of only 15 million viewers since the total of 40 million that the company reported 11 days after launch.

Prime Video has been a little tight-lipped about what exactly we can expect from a season 3 of The Rings of Power — but, obviously, with the extent J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about it, we’re not totally in the dark. Here’s everything we know so far about The Rings of Power season 3.

The Aussie, who plays villain Sauron in the series, discusses the epic season finale, why his character is not in love with Galadriel and hopes for another season of the Amazon Prime Video series.

Does Sauron really believe it when he says he wants to heal Middle-earth? What's next for Elrond, Gil-Galad, Míriel and Nori? We got to ask the stars of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power directly!