Lord Of The Rings' New Sequel Must Finally Adapt The Trilogy's Biggest Missing Book Character

As beloved as the Lord of the Rings movies are, it was always inevitable that certain chunks of J.R.R. Tolkien's weighty source material would be left out. And so it proved, with "The Scouring of the Shire" excised from The Return of the King's ending, and the surprisingly important figure of Fatty Bolger booted from Frodo's flock of hobbits. Arguably the biggest casualty during The Lord of the Rings' journey from page to screen, however, was a certain folksy forest-dweller by the name of Tom.