Universal Studios have just opened the official website for Gregor Jordan’s Ned Kelly film, set to be winging its way onto the silver screen in 2003 and in which Orlando Bloom stars. Visit NedKellyTheMovie.com to check the film’s teaser trailer and sign up for notification on future updates.

Elijah Wood and Sean Astin are intereviewed by hollywood.com and tell us why hobbits are the best creatures in the newest installment of the fantasy trilogy. Plus: Viggo Mortensen, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and director Peter Jackson. Thanks to Ringer Fan Aleksandar for the link. [More]

I was fishing around our Discussion Boards and spotted this interesting story that suggested that films and books have a symbiotic link. Contrary to the traditional lament of high-culture fussbudgets – the silver screen lures people away from books – the literary world is reaping big benefits from movies. [More]

I guess New Line must be happy – Towers has become one of the fastest films to reach the US $200 million mark. (Of course, inflation makes this easier with new films – Dem). Thanks to Ringer Fan Perianwen for the link. [More]

Wisconsin Public Radio recently interviewed Alan Lee, the illustrator who worked as a conceptual artist on Peter Jackson’s adapatation of Lord of the Rings. You can now listen to this clip in Real Audio (need Real Player). [More]

Elijah Wood made an appearance on Jay Leno on December 16. Most of you will have seen the program, but for those who don’t get TV for whatever reason, this transcript – courtesy of lucy – might be handy. [More]