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Gandalf Will Finally Get to 'Be' Gandalf in The Rings of Power Season 3

The trailer shows Sauron forging the One Ring as Gandalf faces the Balrog and Celeborn returns alive.

  • Over the weekend at San Diego Comic Con, Prime Video unveiled the first full trailer for The Rings of Power Season 3, depicting a Middle-earth at war with Sauron's armies on the march.
  • The teaser highlights three major developments: Daniel Weyman's Gandalf embracing his wizard identity, the survival of Celeborn , and the origin story of the proto-Ringwraiths known as the Nazgnag.
  • Prime Video confirmed the series will premiere November 11, 2026, with the studio announcing three new cast members: Andrew Richardson, Zubin Varla, and Adam Young.
  • Charlie Vickers' Sauron continues his rise in Mordor, while the trailer hints at Gandalf facing the Balrog, voiced by Simon Pegg, within the kingdom of the Dwarves.
  • Production for the third installment began at Shepperton Studios in 2025, as showrunners Patrick McKay and Payne continue executing their long-term five-season plan for the Tolkien prequel.
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Prime Video continues to heat up engines for the premiere of the third season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, scheduled for November. The streaming platform has offered a new look at Sauron, which will star in one of the most important moments of the entire series with the forge of the One Ring. The new images published by Empire show the character played by Charlie Vickers with a much darker look, moving away from Annatar’s elfic …

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a series on Amazon Prime, which soon gets its third season. In this article you will find all the important information about the start, the trailer and the cast of the series. Update: We updated the article on 27.07.2026 with the 1st teaser for the 3rd season. What is The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? The series is a prequel about the popular story around Frodo and his companions. The plot i…

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IGN broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Saturday, July 25, 2026.
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