First Look at the New Poster from USA Weekend
WarOfTheRing.net
WarOfTheRing.net has a picture of a new poster from USA Weekend. Looks too crowded but pretty good.

Treebeard takes bow
Honolulu Advertiser
Frodo fanatics waiting to see what new creatures will appear in "The Two Towers," the second episode in "The Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy, will not be disappointed when the film opens Dec. 18. Take Treebeard, pictured right, the walking, talking leader of the ancient race of ents, who provides shelter for our Hobbit heroes in the Fangorn Forest. Spoilers ahead!

Blanchett as Taliban hostage journo
Teletext
Cate Blanchett has been slated to play the British journalist who was taken hostage by the Taliban last September. The Lord Of The Rings star would play Sunday Express hack Yvonne Ridley, who was arrested by the Taliban after entering Afghanistan illegally. She faced being put on trial as a spy.

Verizon Wireless, New Line Team Up On 'Rings' Promo
Internet News
With the Christmas blockbuster season just weeks away, AOL Time Warner's New Line Cinema and Verizon Wireless have announced a two-year promotional deal for the next two installments of New Line's "Lord of the Rings" franchise.

Exclusive Two Towers scene on AOL today
Coming Soon
Variety reports that AOL will premiere an exclusive scene today from corporate cousin New Line's upcoming feature The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The sneak peek, at 6 a.m. Pacific time, is part of AOL's First Look movie offerings. The scene will feature stars Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom and John Rhys-Davies riding across the plains of Rohan to catch up with the creatures that have kidnapped two of their party. Update: You can now see it at TheOneRing.net

Elijah Wood in Flaming Lips movie
NME
Flaming Lips have asked 'Lord of the Rings' star Elijah Wood to appear in their forthcoming movie about the first Christmas on Mars. As previously reported on NME.COM, vocalist Wayne Coyne is developing his first film, while taking time out from promoting the band's new album 'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots'. Wood told The Face magazine that he is also planning on taking a part. He said: "I went to see them in LA and they asked if I'd like to be in the movie and I said 'YES!'. They were meant to be filming in November but they had to go on tour." In the film, Coyne wants to play a Martian, who people think is "this crazy guy who's green".

Return to Middle Earth special
posted by Sarah
Next Wednesday, December 4, Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) hosts the special "The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers, Return to Middle Earth." Find out more about this revealing behind-the-scenes look at the Warner Brothers website. You can listen to Michael discussing the similarities between Smallville and Middle Earth and go the Gallery page for some new photos. (Thanks to Sarah from OB Files for the link)

Rings set opens
NZ City
The Hobbiton set used in the Lord of the Rings films is being opened to the public. A new venture allows tourists onto the set at the Alexander family farm near the Waikato town of Matamata. Tourism Waikato Chief Executive Lynda Keene says since Fellowship of the Ring was released there have been at least 10 inquiries a day about visiting the set. She says the venture opens up significant tourism prospects for the area. Visits will cost $50 for adults and $20 for children, with under tens free.

Unreel Feature: Dominic Monaghan Interview
Unreel
Dominic Monaghan was best known for the TV show "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", but since his prominent role in 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings' he is known to millions as Merry, a mischievous Hobbit and friend to Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) . Before he got his first TV role, he was studying English Literature, Drama and Geography at Sixth Form College. The "Hetty Wainthropp…" show which he was offered the co-starring role in ran for four years.

Catch them if you can
The Straits Times
Next month, Singaporeans will get to watch a bunch of action heroes in the business of saving the world - or Middle Earth, in the case of the second Lord Of The Rings movie. The holiday movie slate is primed for a box-office showdown between one boy wizard, one dapper superspy, and a bunch of hobbits and elves with funny names.

Change in TTT countdown clock
posted by Jas
Attention to those who's using the TTT countdown clock from this site, in order to synchronise the timing for Europe, Asia and US, the date in the source code should be changed to December 20 instead of 18. Therefore the countdown will hit zero on the 18. All you have to do is look at the code and change the date. If you have any question just

Download New TTT scene on E News live
posted by Jennifer, 11/27/2002
Jennifer sent in this 30 second clip of a new full scene from The Two Towers which was aired on E News live recently. File can now be downloaded at WarOfTheRing.net. Streamloaders you know the drill, your streamload username. Spoilers ahead!

New Orlando pics from YM
posted by Bonnie
Bonnie sent in these new pictures of Orlando from the upcoming issue of YM magazine.

New theatrical poster
lordoftherings.net
The official site has posted a new theatrical Two Towers poster, much better in my opinion

Pre-order TTT soundtrack
lordoftherings-soundtrack.com
The official TTT soundtrack website has a list of places where you can pre-order The Two Towers soundtrack.

War of the Ring Interview: Jasmine Watson
WarOfTheRing.net
Recently, War of the Ring interviewed Jasmine Watson, designer and creator of the gorgeous jewellery we have been awed by in “The Fellowship of the Ring”. She is also responsible for the jewellery in the other two films of the trilogy.

Sideshow Weta Thanksgiving sale
Sideshow Weta
Save 30% on select The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (TM) merchandise during their LOTR Thanksgiving Sale. The sale begins 9 a.m. (PST) Wednesday, November 27th until 9 p.m. (PST) Sunday, December 1, 2002.

Hollywood films to hit the big, big screen
Guardian Unlimited
Hollywood blockbusters will be shown on Imax screens next year, ushering in what could be one of the biggest revolutions in film-going since Cinemascope. Although Imax bosses yesterday refused to divulge which film would be first to be seen at the same time as it was released in conventional cinemas, there is strong speculation it could be the third instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Programming Middle Earth: Geneva grad works on 'Lord of the Rings' game
Finger Lakes Times
When Lee Adams was looking at college engineering programs as a Geneva High School senior, he happened to pick up a copy of a book on computer programming in the language "C." Adams was involved in the creation of the recently released video game "Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers," which ties in with the soon-to-be-released sequel to the first Lord of the Rings movie.

DarkWorld interviews Sauron
Dark Horizons
Sala Baker indicated to DarkWorlds that he may be involved in the Tom Cruise flick depending upon his schedule as he has to do pick up work in his role as 'Sauron' in "LOTR: Return of the King".

X-Men 2 Wraps in Canada
Scifi Wire
Principal photography of the X-Men sequel film, X2, has ended, producer Ralph Winter told The Comics Continuum Web site.