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Enter, friend. One of the best loved books of our time is JRR Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings. After years of struggle by various parties, it is - at last - being made into a series of three live action movies. All of these movies are being made in New Zealand by Peter Jackson and will be released at 6 month intervals starting in the year 2000.

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Details about the Production

The Money	New Line Pictures has put up US $100 million dollars to make the three movies. That translates into NZ $260 million.
The Production Company	New Zealand-based Wingnut Productions is handling the actual filming. This is Peter Jackson's company.
The FX	Weta FX, a New Zealand-based subsidiary of Wingnut, will do all of the creature effects, digital scenes and props.
The Script	Written by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.
The Timeline	1998 - Pre-production underway. 1999-2000 - All three movies filmed back to back. 2000 - The Fellowship comes out at Christmas. 2001- The Two Towers comes out in the summer. 2001 - The Return of the King comes out at Christmas.

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