May 17, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min · 33 segments
Isildur proclaims his sovereign lordship over all the Dúnedain; Alan knows better than to proclaim lordship over his own podcast. Join The Man of the West as he welcomes back Don Marshall to the…
Don MarshallHostIf nothing else, it'll also bring the Lord of the Rings cards, I think, back into, uh, whatever the current...
I, I don't remember all the technical terms, but, like, they'll be current again, and you'll be able to play them i- you know, in, like, uh, Arena and some of these other formats, so.
So a couple of months back, we heard about some late-night TV host trying to write a Tolkien movie, and now I'm trying to picture David Letterman, and that's probably not a good fit.
It seems that actually Stephen Colbert will be writing the film that's gonna release after The Hunt for Gollum.
It's set some 14 years or so after the events of the films and looks like it's going to include a young Eleanor, which made me think of the time that you and I spent at the beginning of last season talking about the unpublished epilogue, which was a lot of fun getting into, into that in depth.
Given that, what would you like to see included in this new adaptation, and what do you think the biggest risk is that they'll be taking in filling in the blanks?
I really hope, one, that they include Tom Bombadil in some way, shape, or form.
I think there is something to be said about, you know, this, this world of, of modern media that we live in where, you know, major corporations own the IPs of our childhoods and-
... are sort of trying to recapture that magic, whether it's Star Wars or Chronicles of Narnia or Percy Jackson, whatever you may, uh, enjoy like that.
But for Lord of the Rings, because it is such a beloved book series and movie series-
If nothing else, it'll also bring the Lord of the Rings cards, I think, back into, uh, whatever the current...
I, I don't remember all the technical terms, but, like, they'll be current again, and you'll be able to play them i- you know, in, like, uh, Arena and some of these other formats, so.
So a couple of months back, we heard about some late-night TV host trying to write a Tolkien movie, and now I'm trying to picture David Letterman, and that's probably not a good fit.
It seems that actually Stephen Colbert will be writing the film that's gonna release after The Hunt for Gollum.
It's set some 14 years or so after the events of the films and looks like it's going to include a young Eleanor, which made me think of the time that you and I spent at the beginning of last season talking about the unpublished epilogue, which was a lot of fun getting into, into that in depth.
Given that, what would you like to see included in this new adaptation, and what do you think the biggest risk is that they'll be taking in filling in the blanks?
I really hope, one, that they include Tom Bombadil in some way, shape, or form.
I think there is something to be said about, you know, this, this world of, of modern media that we live in where, you know, major corporations own the IPs of our childhoods and-
... are sort of trying to recapture that magic, whether it's Star Wars or Chronicles of Narnia or Percy Jackson, whatever you may, uh, enjoy like that.
But for Lord of the Rings, because it is such a beloved book series and movie series-
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