Fire at U.K. Studio Briefly Disrupts ‘Lord of the Rings’ Filming

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  • Author: Rick Porter
  • April 03,2023

A fire Monday at the studio complex where The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is shooting its second season halted production for a time.

The Prime Video series is filming at Bray Studios in the United Kingdom, having moved its production hub from New Zealand, where season one was based (and where Peter Jackson’s film series shot). Shortly after noon GMT on Monday, a fire started in a warehouse on the lot.

Sources say the warehouse is near the outer edge of the backlot at Bray Studios. Filming on The Rings of Power stopped for about an hour but was able to resume.

A statement from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue, which handled the fire call, reads, “At 12:26 p.m. on Monday, 3 April, we received reports of a fire at Bray Studios near Windsor. At this time, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Bracknell,
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