As far as I know Peter Jackson is following the storyline as closely as possible. Im fairly confident that he will do this as he himself is also a longtime fan of JRR Tolkien. One myth that Ive heard is that he plans on removing Tom Bombadil from the Fellowship of the Ring. In my opinion this would be a great injustice to all fans of the series seeing as Tom was one of the most important characters in the series. Granted, in LOTR's Tolkien only mentioned how Tom directly affected the plot (old man willow, barrow downs, etc.) but he was also a HUGE background player, much like Gandalf was. I seem to remember a previous thread discussing this fact but any opinions would be greatly appreciated. -Aragorn
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