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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