'The Lord of the Rings' Middle Earth teaser hints at super secretive Amazon series as being a prequel

A peculiar map has been released on the 'LOTR' official Twitter page, and it may just spell prequel for the famous sword and sorcery series.
PUBLISHED FEB 20, 2019

Amazon's much anticipated 'The Lord of the Rings' series has started fanning the flames on social media, teasing a map of Middle-earth and giving us tiny glimpse of the unique JRR Tolkien world created in the show.

 

'The Lord of the Rings' official Twitter teased fans on Monday with the first version of the Middle-earth map, leaving fans with more questions than answers.

The script of the $250 million deal show, which is in its earlier stages of production, has been kept highly secretive by the showrunners.

According to reports, the writer's room is kept under high security with the windows taped shut, and additionally, the actors and writers have to enter the vicinity after going through a fingerprint-based security system.

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