The rights acquired are the TV rights to LOTR only so Silmarillion events are unlikely in this series. There are endless possibilities just in Appendix A and B from LOTR though including:
- History of Arnor, the Northern Kingdom, it's divide into petty kingdoms and wars with the Witch King.
- History of the Gondor kings and stewards.
- History of the Rohirrim and how they made alliance with Gondor.
- Back story on the Dwarves' quest for Erebor and later Balin re-taking Moria.
- Back story on the five wizards.
- Life story of Aragorn, how he was raised in Rivendell, how he served in Rohan and Gondor under an alias, and of course the love story with Arwen.
- Chronological history of the entire second and third ages and later events of the nine companions.
Lots to work with there but without actual stories and dialogue from Tolkien it'll basically amount to fan fiction. Hopefully they put a good team together and do it justice.
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