Xoanon here,

Joram over at Ringbearer.org found an interesting piece of news. Although I strongly warn that this company could be working on any number of films in NZ, and maybe not Lord Of The Rings.

‘Mia’ has sent me an interesting piece of information, it seems like she may have found what company will be doing the snow effects for the Caradhras scene:

“Watching Sky TV’s news channel, I saw a report on “Snow Business”, an English firm specialised in creating artificial snow for films and such. They are said to have over 140 different types of snow, etc., but that’s not what caught my attention – it was this sentence:

“… ‘Nothing Hill’ (the ‘winter’ scenes are done by Snow Business – the snowy Portobello Road) was a relatively easy job for a team that will soon be going off to New Zealand to make a few avalanches in artificial snow”.

It looks like Caradhras is going to make it on the Big Screen. First the composition artwork and now this piece of related information! My thanks to ‘Mia’ for an excellent sleuthing ability and a nose for the news!

It’s with great pleasure that I announce the 3 new members of TheOneRing.net’s staff, Quickbeam, Anwyn and Turgon!

These 3 will head a new arm of TheOneRing called The Green Books of Middle-earth mainly dealing with liturature and debate on all thinks Tolkien.

The Green Books will deal with fan fiction, original writing, chat’s and debates for all of you!

Also as a special announcement for TheOneRing.net we’ve managed to get you something really special,through contacts, we’ve gotten Douglas Anderson, who wrote ‘The Annotated Hobbit’to write for us. He is willing to be an occasional adviser for the new section! Stay Tuned for that!

Waiting for the new cast list? According to 3foot6 they will not be releasing anything for the next 2 weeks.

Tehanu spoke with a representative over at 3foot6. So it seems that the wait’ll be a little bit longer.