When Peter Jackson’s take on J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings series of books were released as films, audiences lapped them up.
From what I understand, the material they are working on exists chronologically further back in history in the lore of The Lord Of The Rings or Middle Earth than any characters represented in The Lord Of The Rings.
One factor that made Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy stand out was its realism, strange you might think from a fantasy franchise involving wizards, orcs and elves.
It is rumored that the series will be set prior to the events of The Hobbit, in Tolkein’s “Second Age” era.