Well, yes, I aborted this whole project once it was announced that we'd be getting 3 films instead of 2. That caused me an overload of issues and I had to just pause this whole mess.
In a month's time when we've all seen the first film, I'll try to re-work this first block of cards. Here are my current "issues".
1. The Elven culture. My feeling is that we won't see the Elves of Mirkwood in film one, which limits the culture to Rivendell Elves (unless we get something new). This puts the base set into a weird state, since now the only "full" Free Peoples culture is Dwarven. If the Eagles get enough screen time, I'll be giving them their own culture to help balance this problem. And, of course, we're likely in for a few big surprises that change all of this.
2. The Nazgul. We've all seen the footage of Gandalf in Dul Guldur. I was "planning" to slip in a few
cards in the third set, but I have a
sneaking bit of intuition that the Nazgul will have a bigger part to play in these movies. We'll have to see, but if they show up in a meaningful way, I'll have to find a way to squeeze them into the set.
3. And on the good side of things: The Wargs will be getting a ton of screen time - and I was
totally right about the Stone Giants! Can't wait to see them!