News for Oct. 20, 2001

Balrogs! Cave trolls! Hobbits!

10/20/01, 12:47 pm EST - Xoanon

Critics get to see a 25-minute preview of December's much-anticipated "Lord of the Rings" movie. New Line Cinema showed clips from "The Fellowship of the Ring" -- the first part of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which is scheduled to hit theaters Dec. 19 -- to critics this morning. The 25-minute reel suggests that the ambitious production may well be worthy of some of its advance ballyhoo. [More]