Production is estimated at $1 billion, and the series is reported to be 5 seasons long (though no talk of number of episodes per season or episode length, so 5 seasons is kind of arbitrary at this point).
Looks like they may start with Aragorn's earlier story? I'm still only seeing nuggets of information on this show. It looks like they're definitely playing the "try-hard" card here which I appreciate. Seeing anything less than the gold standard for Tolkien IP would be pretty sad.
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/...s_series_will/
https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/...seasons-2018-6