Scoopers from Tolkien fan site TheOneRing.net have confirmed a synopsis for Amazon’s forthcoming series set in Middle-earth.

TORN reports:

Fans have waited patiently for 3 years, since Amazon announced they acquired the TV rights to LORD OF THE RINGS, to get an idea of what a new Middle-earth show will be about. We finally have the answer, thanks to an incredible spy report. TheOneRing.net has verified the authenticity & accuracy of this show description.

What will Amazon’s Middle-earth series include?

• The series will feature “familiar and new” characters.
• Amazon will set its series during events of Middle-earth’s Second Age.
• That’s before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books (and films).
• It will involve Tolkien’s “greatest villain,” likely Mairon, later to be called the dark lord Sauron.
• The series will go beneath the Misty Mountains cold, explore the elven city of Lindon, and sail out to Númenor and beyond.

Read the whole report here.

What about the Middle-earth nudity rumors?

Finally: We’ve heard no further word about whether Amazon’s series will attempt Game of Thrones–inspired content such as nudity and sexual situations. For TORN’s overview about that situation, plus fantastic Tolkien-centric commentary, see Cliff Quickbeam Broadway’s October 2020 article “Sex & Sensibility: Amazon’s Nude Take On Tolkien.”