C D wrote in to tell give us a great spy report:

“Just wanted to let you know we saw Elijah Wood on Thursday night at the Sno-Core Icicle Ball (Galactic, Les Claypool’s Flying Frogs), in LA. We over heard him saying how nice it was to be back home for a day and out with his friends, since he had to catch a flight back to New Zealand in the morning….not to much gossip here, but thought you’d enjoy the sighting….by the way, we couldnt help commenting that he looks like Frodo should look in real life….this role will characterize him forever!”

Lord of the Rings Board game creator, Reiner Knizia, has made a video detailing all the specs to his invention! Should be a good score for all gaming and Tolkien fans alike! [More]

Harry over at AICN has some new info on the latest film to star our very own Ian Holm (Bilbo) ‘From Hell’. [More]

Way to go, Michael 🙂

From: WonderBroad via IMDB

New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features, which remained distinct entities insulated from the Warner Bros. monolith after being acquired by Time Warner in the Turner Broadcasting merger, began downsizing Tuesday as part of an overall retrenchment following the takeover by America Online.

The online magazine Inside reported that New Line alone will be forced to cut 20 percent of its overhead, resulting in deep staff cuts. More than 100 employees of the unit are expected to be pink slipped, the magazine noted, with 18 layoffs coming in the New Line Home Video operation alone. The firings occur even as the New York Daily News was reporting that Mike De Luca, ousted last week as New Line Cinema studio chief, was being offered a $100-million deal to set up a production company at the same studio that fired him. “Who would walk away from that?” an unnamed source remarked in an interview with the newspaper. “It’s one of the most lucrative production deals ever, similar to what Peter Guber got when he left Sony or what Sid Sheinberg got from Universal.”