“There's a lot going on right now,” The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power co-showrunner Patrick McKay told me on the set in England in August 2025.

At the moment, McKay is catching his breath as the crew resets to shoot a quiet but key moment from the Prime Video series’ upcoming third season. The massive production has taken over a large section of Windsor Great Park, which has been used as an outdoor setting for numerous films in the past, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Huntsman: Winter’s War.

It’s a gargantuan setup, with dozens of vehicles, tents and trailers nearby, along with a small army of actors in full Orc and Elvish regalia. And it happens to be just one aspect of a massive logistical puzzle that has to happen to make the show possible. “It's a [huge] production every time we do this. We have four units running right now, including ours,” notes McKay. “One unit is over in a place called Frensham (about 25 miles south of Windsor), shooting [a scene] with the dwarf characters. Then we have another unit that is shooting various sundry action sequences back at Shepperton Studios, and a fourth unit is prepping [scenes] we will be shooting in a few weeks.”

When it returns for its third season on November 11 , Rings of Power will be making a significant time jump in the storyline. Season 3 will be set five years after the events of Season 2 , when Sauron did away with his disguise and sent the Elves into retreat as his armies overran Middle-earth.

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