We had no correct answer yesterday, so I will hold this question over for one more day.
“What is the name of the spur that connects the Shirebourne to the Baranduin?”
Email me with your answer, as always, the 1st correct response giver will be posted here tomorrow! Good Luck!

From: Amyd

Check this article from
www.vfxpro.com

It is a feature on Giant Studios (the ppl who will be providing WETA with the motion capture facilities)

There are a few cool mentions about the lotr production, and a few clips of what these guys have done on previous projects.

The article reads:

Bringing new, proprietary tools and a keen artistic sense to motion-capture technology and animation, Atlanta-based Giant Studios is making a splash in the field. The company’s technology serves in New Zealand on the set of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic, “The Lord of the Rings.” [More]

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Well, all good things have to come to an end sometime. The last part of my search for Middle-earth locations didn’t exactly yield a lot of hard facts, but it did provide some of the best pictures I’ve ever taken. Check it out on ‘The Search for Middle-earth’

Tim lets us in on the possibility of Talking Trees at Helms Deep! [More]

The following should be taken as rumor:

From: Tim

The Ents will be at helms deep from today (Tuesday, February 22) on. Someone I know was calling on one of his customers and he told him that he would be doing a role in the LOTR as a Talking Tree at Helms Deep.

The thing I cant understand is that this guy is Shorty and really stocky. So figure that one out for ya self??

That s all I know nothin for certain.

The guy got the job through an agent or something like that.

The Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) film ‘Color of Night’ will be on Cinemax tonight [More]

The Ian McKellen (Gandalf) masterpiece ‘Gods and Monsters’ is on TMN in Canada [More]