The official Christopher Lee website, ChristopherLeeweb.com is looking for fans to send in their questions for the Saruman actor, the answers to which will be posted in two or three week’s time. However, to be eligible for this you must be a Level 2 member of the site’s Message Board. [More]

Warner Brothers are to release Scottish film Charlotte Gray earlier than expected in the US to make it eligible for the Academy Awards. The film wasn’t scheduled to hit US screens until spring but will now be released before Christmas. It stars Cate Blanchett as a young Scotswoman who joins the French Resistance in the Second World War. [More]

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Ringer fans never cease to amaze. First a Ringer found the first FOTR trailer before it was officially announced, and now another Ringer, Meriadoc, finds a hidden LOTR site at BurgerKing.com. Jump on over to the following URL and you will find a Fellowship of the Ring riddle game. (http://www.big-king.com/lotr/) You must get all 10 riddles correct to win the prizes. What are the prizes? Well, if you are a regular of TheOneRing.net, you have seen it all before, but if you are not…you will be pleasantly surprised. Just a few hints for the riddles: Use the ‘other’ name of Aragorn for one answer, and use the complete “The Fellowship of the Ring” for the other. The rest are all easy. Honestly, really easy. [More]

From Ringer Asarina: The American Library Association’s Teen Read Week Make Reading a Hobbit is from October 14 – 20. Some of the libraries are sharing their promotional materials; the library in Cochocton, Ohio has piled swords, axes and copies of _The Lord of the Ring_ on their teen advisory board for some great photos. Check them out! [More]

From an annonymous source: “Some additional information about Enya’s involvement with the Fellowship from an ex-employee at New Line: ‘According to our scooper, the last thing they heard was that the Enya song will be heard over the end credits for Fellowship while the film’s main score will be from an orchestra conducted by Howard Shore.’ I got this info from a Canadian film site which is actually quite good check it out: follow the Sept 28th news link.” [More] and [More]

Words cannot describe the beauty of the Fellowship of the Ring Trailer II that was shown this Monday. If there were any doubts about Peter Jackson’s adaption of the films, at least we know visually he has gotten it right. But what do you think? Did Monday’s new trailer have you welling up inside? Did it fill you with a sense of pride as a Tolkien fan? Or was it the complete opposite, and do you think it’s all gone horribly, horribly wrong? This weekend, we’re going to be talking about the Fellowship of the Ring : Trailer II. [More]