Actor Elijah Wood, who played Frodo in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film series, has sounded off on Amazon's new TV show based on Middle-earth. He told IndieWire that he's "super fascinated" with what Amazon is doing, but he believes calling it "Lord of the Rings" is misleading.

"They're calling it 'The Lord of the Rings,' but I think that's slightly misleading. From what I understand, the material they are working on exists chronologically further back in history in the lore of Lord of the Rings or Middle-earth than any characters represented in Lord of the Rings," he said. "It sounds more Silmarillion era. Not to get nerdy, but it's the Second Age of Middle-earth."

Wood, who stressed that he has no inside knowledge about Amazon's series, said he's "curious" about the stories the new Lord of the Rings show may choose to tell. He added that he's happy that it's filming in New Zealand because that will give it an element of continuity with the film series, which also filmed there.