The most anticipated series of the year, 'The Rings of Power,' has been gaining traction across multiple streamers, including Prime Video. The show, adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, has been trending in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, showcasing its global appeal and success.
Prime Video has spent years trying to prove it can compete with Netflix and HBO on scale, not just volume. The platform has action hits, prestige dramas, global originals , animated standouts , and enough licensed comfort viewing to keep subscribers moving through the app.
But fantasy is the category where a streamer can still buy something bigger than a show. The Boys gave Prime Video its loudest, bloodiest signature hit, and with that era now closed, the spotlight naturally shifts to the kind of projects only a streamer with Amazon’s ambition would attempt. J.R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth remains such a dangerous and valuable piece of streaming real estate in a completely different genre corner.
And with Season 3 all set to premiere globally in November 2026, the show is getting some early-mover catch-up traction. J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay’s creation comes with languages, bloodlines, fallen kingdoms, immortal grief, ancient evil, and a sense that every forest or mountain has history buried under it. It makes you enter a world where the past feels alive, where power corrupts slowly, and where entire civilizations can be sold to audiences before the plot even starts moving.
That is the kind of depth most fantasy franchises spend years trying to fake. And although the show doesn’t have massive public approval, it does have an 84% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes. That series is The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Prime Video’s billion-dollar swing at turning Middle-earth into a long-term streaming pillar. As per FlixPatrol, the show has been trending in the Czech Republic across multiple streamers, including Prime Video.
The series held No. 3 on Oneplay every day this week, while also staying inside Prime Video’s TV Top 10 across several days. In Slovakia, it sat at No. 4 on Voyo for the full week. And since The Boys has concluded now, all eyes will be on Rings of Power, with the show returning with its third installment after almost 2 years. COLLIDER.
Collider · Quiz Collider Exclusive · Middle-earth Quiz Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? One Quiz · Ten Questions · Your Fate Revealed The road goes ever on. From the green hills of the Shire to the fires of Mount Doom, every soul in Middle-earth carries a destiny. Ten questions stand between you and the truth of who you are.
Answer honestly — the One Ring has a way of revealing what we most want to hide. 💍Frodo 🌿Samwise 👑Aragorn 🔥Gandalf 🏹Legolas ⚒️Gimli 👁️Sauron 🪨Gollum BEGIN YOUR QUEST → QUESTION 1 / 10BURDEN 01 You are handed a responsibility that could destroy you. What do you do? The weight of the world falls on unlikely shoulders.
AAccept it. Someone has to, and running changes nothing. BStay by the side of whoever carries it. They shouldn't go alone.
CStep forward and lead. This is exactly what I was made for. DIt's mine now. I won't let anyone else have it.
NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 2 / 10LOYALTY 02 Your closest companion is heading into terrible danger. You: True loyalty is revealed not in comfort, but in crisis. AFollow them without hesitation. I'd rather die beside them than live without them.
BRally others and forge a plan to help — strength in numbers. COffer wisdom and guidance. My counsel may save them where swords cannot. DLet them go.
Only the strong survive, and sentiment is a weakness. NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 3 / 10POWER 03 Enormous power is within your reach. Your instinct is: Power corrupts — but only those who reach for it. ADestroy it.
Nothing good comes from power this absolute. BUse it to protect those I love — just this once. CWield it wisely. I have the will and the knowledge to do good with it.
DSeize it. I have waited long enough. It belongs to me.
NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 4 / 10HOME 04 What does"home" mean to you? Where we long to return reveals who we truly are. AA simple, peaceful place — green hills, good food, no adventure required. BWherever the people I love are.
Home is a feeling, not a place. CA kingdom I must earn before I can truly claim it as mine. DI lost it long ago. That loss is what drives everything I do.
NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 5 / 10COMBAT 05 When a battle is upon you, your approach is: War reveals what we are made of — whether we like it or not. ASurvive by any means. I'm not a fighter — but I'll do what I must. BFight for the person beside me, not for glory or honour.
CLead the charge. Nothing inspires an army like a king at the front. DStrike from range, fast and precise — never let them get close.
NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 6 / 10WISDOM 06 Someone comes to you for advice in their darkest hour. You: Wisdom is not knowing all the answers — it's knowing which questions to ask. AListen, then offer honest encouragement. Sometimes people just need belief.
BGive them practical help — words are fine, but action is better. CSpeak carefully. I have seen much, and I know what counsel can cost. DTell them what they want to hear.
Trust is a tool like any other. NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 7 / 10IDENTITY 07 How do you see yourself, honestly? Self-knowledge is the most dangerous kind. ASmall and ordinary — but perhaps that's exactly why I was chosen.
BDefined entirely by who I serve and love. I am nothing without them. CForged by hardship into something the world has not yet fully seen. DDiminished from what I once was — and consumed by the need to reclaim it.
NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 8 / 10NATURE 08 Which of these best describes your relationship with the natural world? Middle-earth speaks to those who know how to listen. AI find peace in it — forests, rivers, open skies. Nature restores me.
BI prefer the earth underfoot — stone, mines, solid and real things. CI have watched the world change for longer than most can comprehend. DNature offers hiding places, cold water, raw fish. That's enough for me.
NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 9 / 10MORALITY 09 You encounter a wretched, pitiable creature who has done terrible things. You: How we treat the fallen reveals the height of our character. AShow mercy. Even the most broken souls deserve a chance at redemption.
BPity them — but never trust them. They made their choices. CSee them as a tool. Their knowledge or skills may still serve a purpose.
DDestroy them before they can cause more harm. Mercy is a luxury we cannot afford.
NEXT QUESTION → QUESTION 10 / 10LEGACY 10 When the quest is over and the songs are sung, what do you hope they say about you? In the end, we are all just stories. AThat an ordinary person did an extraordinary thing — and came home. BThat I never abandoned the person who needed me most.
CThat I was worthy of the crown — and everything it demanded. DNothing. I don't need songs. I needed it, and now it's gone.
REVEAL MY FATE → The Fellowship Has Spoken Your Place in Middle-earth The scores below reveal your true character. Your highest number is your match. Even a tie tells a story — the Fellowship was never made of simple people. 💍 Frodo 🌿 Samwise 👑 Aragorn 🔥 Gandalf 🏹 Legolas ⚒️ Gimli 👁️ Sauron 🪨 Gollum FRODO BAGGINS You carry something heavy — and you carry it alone, even when you don't have to.
You were not born for greatness, and that is precisely why greatness chose you. Your courage is not the roaring, sword-swinging kind; it is quiet, stubborn, and terrifying in its refusal to quit. The Ring weighs on you more than anyone can see, and still you walk toward the fire. That is not weakness.
That is the rarest kind of strength there is. SAMWISE GAMGEE You are, without question, the best of them. Not the most powerful, not the most celebrated — but the most essential. Your loyalty is not a trait; it is a force of nature.
You would carry the person you love up the slopes of Mount Doom if it came to that, and we both know you'd do it without being asked. The world needs more people like you, and the world is lucky it has even one. ARAGORN You were born to lead, and you have spent years running from it.
The crown is yours by right, but you know better than anyone that right means nothing without the will and the worthiness to back it up. You are tempered by loss, shaped by long roads, and defined by a code of honour you hold to even when no one is watching. When you finally step forward, the world shifts. Because it was always waiting for you.
GANDALF You have seen more than you let on, and you say less than you know — which is exactly as it should be. You are a catalyst: you do not fight the battles yourself, you ignite the people who can. Your wisdom comes not from books but from an age of watching what happens when it is ignored. You arrive precisely when you mean to, and your presence alone changes what is possible.
A wizard is never late. LEGOLAS Graceful, perceptive, and almost preternaturally calm under pressure — you see things others miss and act before others react. You do not need to make a scene to be remarkable; your presence speaks for itself. You are loyal to those you choose to stand beside, and that choice is not made lightly.
You have lived long enough to know that the most beautiful things in this world are also the most fragile, and that is why you fight to protect them. GIMLI You are loud, proud, and absolutely formidable — and beneath all of that is one of the most fiercely loyal hearts in Middle-earth. You don't do anything by half measures.
Your friendships are forged like iron, your grudges run as deep as mines, and your courage in battle is the kind that makes legends. You came into this fellowship suspicious of everyone and ended it willing to die for an elf. That is not a small thing. That is everything.
SAURON You think in centuries and act in absolutes. Order, dominion, control — not because you are cruel by nature, but because you have decided that the world left to itself always falls apart, and you are the only one with the vision and the will to hold it together. You were not always this. Something was lost, or taken, or betrayed, and the version of you that stands now is the answer to that wound.
The tragedy is that you're not entirely wrong — just entirely too far gone to course-correct. GOLLUM You are a study in contradiction — pitiable and dangerous, cunning and broken, capable of both cruelty and something that once resembled love. You are defined by loss: of innocence, of self, of the one thing that gave your existence meaning.
Two voices war inside you constantly, and the tragedy is that the better one sometimes wins, just not often enough, and never at the right moment. You are a warning, yes — but also a mirror. We are all a little Gollum, given the right ring and enough time.
↻ RETAKE THE QUIZ ‘The Boys’ Series Finale Had Low Ratings, but It’s Beginning to Catch Up The Boys, starring Antony Starr, Karl Urban, and Jack Quaid alongside Erin Moriarty, Laz Alonso, Jessie T. Usher, and Chace Crawford, has spent years looking almost bulletproof, which is why this finale-week ratings’ initial dip feels so strange. The backlash first hit hard around Season 5’s penultimate episode, which reportedly fell as low as 6.5-6.6 on IMDb, a shocking low for a show that had rarely dropped beneath its usual high-scoring range.
Since then, the score has begun climbing back toward the low 7s, but the damage is still clear. At the same time, it’s clear that the show, like several others , had to set up fundamentals for its spin-off, Vought Rising, so in hindsight, it’ll all work out in the end. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s first two seasons are available to stream on Prime Video.
The show’s third installment is expected to premiere globally on Prime Video in November 2026. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Like Follow Followed Adventure Fantasy Action Drama Release Date September 1, 2022 Network Amazon Prime Video Showrunner John D. Payne, Patrick McKay, Louise Hooper, Charlotte Brändström, Wayne Yip Directors J.A. Bayona, Sanaa Hamri Writers Patrick McKay, John D. Payne, J.R.
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