Ringer Spy Lolly sends in word about an upcoming event in Sydney which will be attended by WETA-gurus Jim Rygel and Rany Cook!

From 1 to 4 December there will be the Australian Effects & Animation Festival at the Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour. The festival covers 3 days of seminars and master classes, as well as 4 evenings of screenings and networking opportunities. There will be an Opening Night Party where you can meet the speakers, which include Jim Rygel and Randy Cook from Weta Digital, woo hoo! They will be talking on day three about FOTR! [More]

‘While other actors are famous for taking on certain types of roles or playing themselves, Cate Blanchett‘s career is marked by her ability to completely disappear inside a great variety of her characters. Blink, and she is gone. It is a very similar vanishing act she performs in our interview.’ [More]

Region2-DVD.org have posted information about the release of the extended dvd, which unfortunately for people who can only view region 2 dvd’s will not contain the National Geographic ‘making of’ special. [More]

Thanks to Matt for the link!

Yahoo! Movies has a blurb about LOTR:TTT in their Fall Movie guide, follow the link and scroll down a bit.

Australian (Australian? -leo) director Peter Jackson’s ambitious live-action adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy continues with what may have previously been considered one of the most difficult books ever to adapt to a feature film… [More]

November 11th, 2000 – The New Zealand Herald publishes an image of a rather large creature that looks a lot like an elephant. Seasoned Tolkien fans know what to call this beast, but if you missed the story, check it out in our news flashback. !!!SPOILERS!!! [More]

Wanna see more? Check our a spy report from the very same day, exclusively on TheOneRing.net. !!!SPOILERS!!! [More]

At the end of The Fellowshp of the Ring, the Fellowship are broken up into two perilous quests; the Three Hunters attempt to rescue Merry and Pippin from their captors, and Frodo and Sam on their original mission to journey into Mordor to destroy the One Ring. This weekend, the Hall of Fire crew invite you to discuss the opening chapter in the latter half of The Two Towers, as we join Frodo and Sam on the road to Mordor in The Taming of Sméagol. [More]