Whilst running through Cinescape, checking out the Saturn nominees, I stumbled across an update for the next Lord of the Rings installment, The Two Towers.
Of note: The first trailer will be available March 29th in theaters. Other interesting bits involve Shelob’s non-appearance in part II (she’ll be in part III instead). This isn’t too much surprise since Jackson’s already done some bleed over (the first movie actually ends at the closing of the second book’s first chapter).
I don’t really mind since a movie needs something concrete to end with, whereas a book can get away with a softer ending (movie audiences are used to being spoon-fed).
They also report that Jackson has somewhere between 15-20 hours of footage for the battle of Helm’s Deep. Now that’s going to make for one hell of a DVD release!
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I started rereading the hobbit and lotr this past summer because the books always seem to melt together in my mind. I can’t wait to see the Ents. I am also curious to see how gandalf’s battle with the balrog is handled.
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I’ve wondered about that too… I guess it could be shown in a flashback sequence.
My guess is that PJ will make up something to explain Gandalf’s return… I mean, he’d have to go into way too much back story to explain why Gandalf is able to return from the dead.
Moving the ending of FotR made sense. Changing the ending of Two Towers does not. What better ending could you have than Frodo, apparently dead, and Sam barred on the other side of the tower doors?
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I don’t want to post spoilers here, but I think I know
why this was done. I’ve heard rumours that they’ll
compress the events in book six that follow chapter 3,
and that they’ll be omitting chapter 8 of book six
entirely. They may be moving the ending of the second
film in an attempt
to make sure that the three films are of comparable
lengths. (The Chapter titles may be considered
spoilers by some, so I’ve omitted them. Those who’ve
read the books but don’t have a copy on hand can e-mail me
privately for a more detailed description.)
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I Used to worry About Spoilers, But Then I Realized That Pretty Much everyone Already Read LOTR, At Least Out Of The Average Geeks, And We All Already Know How It Ended.