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Just to let you know that I spotted two of the infamous JAMB signs on the way home from work today. They point the way into the main entrance of the Port of Wellington (that is, on to the commercial wharves). From the road (Aotea Quay) one can see that the windows of one of the wharf sheds, (warehouses), have been blacked out with black polythene.

What does it mean? I presume an interior set of some kind. It was a beautiful day today so it must have been pretty hot in there :)

No LOTR vehicles or props seen though.

Rufus Redbeard

It was an Orc-ward situation.

The Lord Of The Rings crew was having a party and we weren't invited. [More]

Very reliable sources on the inside say that the plans are underway to get the new trailer out by the December 20th deadline, which means the trailer will have to be cut and polished way before then, so it's all a matter of timing.

More details on the teaser follow, highlight to read:
The teaser trailer will last 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. There will be plenty of graphics and new images. Apparently the trailer will I.D. some of the major characters for the non-Tolkienites among us. There will be a great long shot of all 9 walkers on the way towards Cathadras. No word on music or dialogue being used.

All this is of course not 100% reliable, my contact stresses, however, it's about 95.5% close.

Today is Craig Parker's (Haldir) Birthday! Craig was born 12 November 1970 in Suva, Fiji. That makes him 30 today! Happy Birthday Craig!

NZ fans may want to watch TVOne News tonight as well

"There is a "Top 20 Spoken Word Recordings" on Salon.com. Tolkien reading from LOTR is #14. There is also a link through that link of him reading an Elven poem in Elvish."

An article in The Age newspaper about the David Wenham (Faramir) film "Better Than Sex" included this brief discussion of LOTR. [More]

If you have a unique Tolkien site, need free hosting, and want to join our community, check out our fan community page for more information. [more]

Just a quick note to let you know the new David Wenham (Faramir) film "Better Than Sex" is released today in Australia. From what I've read and heard, it's supposedly a pretty good film.

Plus, there was an interview with David in the TV section of today's Daily Telegraph in Sydney - his involvement in LOTR was mentioned, but the journo called it "The Hobbit."

When elves and hobbits battle evil orcs on the big screen in December next year the sound of rousing trumpets and violins on the soundtrack may well have been made by New Zealand Symphony Orchestra musicians. [More]

Miss some news in October? Care for a recap? The October 2000 Update of our Real Audio Broadcasts is up for your listening and reading pleasure. Get the scoop here!

When we get confirmation, we GET it! New Line Cinema placed a call to TheOneRing.net offices to inform us that these three pics are NOT teaser posters at all. They are in fact early test compositions for some concept art for promotion, these are 3 that did not make the grade and will not be used. No posters were ever made from these pieces of work, they're one of many designs New Line looked at for the films. Yet, if you still want to see them, click the following. [More]