LOTR

Peter Jackson is working on possibly the greatest trilogy of books ever. The Lord of the Rings.

All three films are being shot back to back with a budget of over $180 million US dollars

The cast for the film is a mixture of unknowns and established actors:

Elijah Wood.... Frodo Baggins

Sean Astin.... Samwise Gamgee

Ian Holm.... Bilbo Baggins

Ian McKellen.... Gandalf

Christopher Lee.... Saruman the White

Billy Boyd.... Pippin

Liv Tyler.... Arwen Undomiel

Cate Blanchett.... Galadriel

Sean Bean.... Boromir

Orlando Bloom.... Legolas

Brad Dourif.... Wormtongue

Dominic Monaghan.... Merry

John Rhys-Davies.... Gimli

Peter is directing, producing and has written the screenplay with Fran Walshe.

Shooting for the first film, The Fellowship of the Ring started on October 11th 1999 and looks to continue for many more months.

The films will be released in year intervals. The first film will be released in the Christmas of 2001, with the other two (The Two Towers, The Return of the King) following in Christmas 2002 and Christmas 2003.

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