I feel a little bit better about Amazon's LOTR series. It will focus on new
stories preceding The Fellowship of the Ring. I'm surprised the Tolkien estate signed off on this. I suppose anything can be bought if you have enough money. I'm interested to see what they come up with. They could have some cool stories involving Aragorn and the Dunedain and also chronicle Gandalf's adventures. I feel really nerdy for making this post.