The Brits are to beat Kiwi-born director Peter Jackson in creating the next Lord of the Rings movie. But the new film won’t have the $166 million budget the other movies had or the backdrop of green New Zealand pastures and snowy mountains. An amateur film-maker from England is digging into her own pocket, appealing to sponsors and has hired several actors willing to work for free to make a not-for-profit movie inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels. Briton beats Jackson to next Rings movie

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