A number of sites have sent in a sample of the intriguing questions that your users have asked and they have been fantastic. If you have more than two questions you'd like to submit, please feel free to send in a moderately-sized selection and we'll do our best to work in as many as possible.

New Line also stated that they will have many more of these Q&A's with Different people from time to time! This means perhaps we get a chance to speak with some actors or SFX folks!

Also, with New Line saying they'd like to see the other questions we had, I've sent all 10 to them to look over! So it seems we get to ask many more questions than before!

And here is some extra bit of news they sent only to TheOneRing.net

Our next month-long Q&A session will begin on June 1st.

So get your next set of questions ready!

One of my Dutch contacts in NZ send this to me:

"Lord of the rings are calling for extras (soldiers), some time around 13 - 15 April in the middle of the North Island (Ruapehu), it's our skiing mountain in a desert style setting in a cold harsh place."

(Ruapehu is the highest mountain in the Tongariro National Park and has been picked as the main Mordor location - Tehanu)

He also heard there was a similar demand in Te Anau.

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Article Reads: In The Middle - Hollywood actor and Lord of the Rings star Liv Tyler dressed up warmly yesterday to watch a spot of test cricket at the Basin Reserve. Sitting with her was boyfriend Roy Langdon, right, the English-born singer of US band Space Hog, and British actor Bernard Hill, who plays Theoden, King of Rohan in the Trilogy

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) is showcasing some of his photos and media at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York City:

Mortensen's photography and large-scale mixed media works carry the intensity of his career. Actor, writer, photographer and painter, Mortensen's journeys have taken an irregular path. Filling notebooks with poetry and drawings, rummaging for salvage to layer into his works, he has an inexhaustible supply of material. Mortensen's mixed media has the true nature of outsider art but also take the purposive form of work by an artist who reinterprets the hours of his existence. [More]

You can also see Ian McKellen (Gandalf) in 'Gods and Monsters' on TMN [More]

David Wenham

Internet rumors abound this weekend concerning Aussie actor David Wenham. Wenham (Russian Doll, A Little Bit of Soul, Dark city) has been rumored to play Faramir, brother of fallen hero Boromir and younger son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor.

Since my contacts have yet to confirm this, I'm wary to call this a sure thing. Consider it a RUMOR for the moment. More info as it comes.

Our very own Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) was a presenter at the 72nd Annual Oscar Awards. She was with her 'Talented Mr. Ripley' Co-Star, and Legolas rumor many a month ago, Jude Law.

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From: Francois

This time I think I really got something for you, because I've never seen some of these pictures anywhere else. It's a short article from the french magazine Starfix (#11, march/april 2000).

I just heard yet another item on National Radio about the filming of LOTR, which is to start in about a week. They spoke to the owner of a motel in Ohakune. The motel is called "The Hobbit Motor Lodge"! How appropriate.

Thanks to Seraphim for the tip!

We have slightly redesigned the cast section to match the biography format in the characters area. [ more ]

To honor tomorrow's historic day in Middle-earth history (the destruction of the Ring and downfall of Sauron), TheOneRing.net is proud to announce the " Search for The One Ring" Contest! Starting on March 29th at 12 midnight EST, Calisuri will hide 20 rings inside our site. If you are lucky enough to be the first person to find the One Ring, you will be an instant winner of Badali Jewelry's replica of that ring. Some of the other rings will also make you an instant winner. Along the way Gollum and Gandalf will be dropping hints and tips on where to find some of the rings and how to be a winner! Stay tuned for more information! [ more ]

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The latest issue of SFX Magazine (April 2000) continues their 'SFX Reader Awards' with the Top 50 Books of all Time. Lord of the Rings ranked number one, The Hobbit was number four.