Kristin Thompson, author of ‘The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood’, writes: I’ve posted on the Frodo Franchise blog the second part (of three) of my conversation with Lord of the Rings co-producer Rick Porras. We talk about international distributors getting tours of the filmmaking facilities and about the Cannes preview of 2001, plus we begin fielding questions from the audience. Rick Porras Chat Part 2