Approximately $465 million for the first season alone, with an additional $250 million paid for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s work.

Thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , primarily during Middle-earth’s Second Age . Core Storylines The season follows several converging narrative threads:

The following write-up covers the first season of , specifically focusing on the 2022 release often found in "360p re-webrip" formats. This technical specification refers to a lower-resolution digital copy (360p) re-encoded from an original web stream source. Production Overview Release Date: September 1, 2022. Total Episodes: 8.