There was a lot wrong with Jackson's versions where he thought he knew better than Tolkien (missing half the endings, representing Sauron as a literal flaming e

There was a lot wrong with Jackson's versions where he thought he knew better than Tolkien (missing half the endings, representing Sauron as a literal flaming eye in a tower, "fixing" Arwen badly because Tolkien couldn't write a female character). But it's still a very substantial work, and I don't see how a miniseries would improve on it.