The Tolkien Professor

The SilmFilm team is ready to start with real episodes! Today we discuss the Episode 1 script, written by Ilana Mushin.

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After a discussion of the recently released Narnia images (which reveal a lot!), Corey and Maggie return to think about what we expect in S3 of Rings of Power.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 135, recorded on September 21, 2026. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord

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Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director...

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Corey and Maggie are back, and thinking through Rings of Power Season 3 stuff, and the Road Ahead.

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 134, recorded on September 14, 2026.

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Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity

and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu

Check the schedule here. / schedule

For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/

You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendl... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...

Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director...

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The SilmFilm writer's room is joined our resident composer, Phil Menzies, for some discussion of the musical themes and passages that we will want to include in Season 8. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord

Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation

Corey and Maggie take a step back to think through the upcoming Tolkien film adaptations (Rings of Power, Hunt for Gollum, Shadows of the Past) and consider them as creative undertakings. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 133, recorded on August 31, 2026. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: / discord

Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this SignumU Youtube channel / signumuniversity

and SignumU Twitch channel / signumu

Check the schedule here. / schedule

For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/

You can watch or listen to the recordings here. • Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendl... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc...

Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director...

Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director...

For more information about Signum Studios and Signum Collaboratory, visit Signum Studios https://studios.signumuniversity.org/

Signum Collaboratory https://collaboratory.signumuniversit...

For more information about Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/