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My first question was "Where does the movie end in relation to the book? Peter Jackson said it would end earlier, before Shelob." He would not give a direct answer, but said that if we thought the first movie had a cliffhanger, this one was even worse. He seemed to imply in different parts that Shelob was in this one, because they were discussing releasing a Shelob model, so perhaps the movie ends after they are first attacked, or Frodo is bitten and left for dead or something, I don't know. I think it will end a little earlier though.

This is one where I hope PJ does NOT stick to the book... If he leaves me hanging with Frodo either "dead" or captured by Orcs for a whole year, I will cry... Seriously. I will burst into tears!

Second question was the following: "Sorry to ask two questions, but people'll kill me if I don't ask this(I was talking about you guys!)." Anyway, I asked him "Is it true that Saruman gets spiked in the next movie?" He looked at me and responded, "No comment." The audience laughed and he went to other questions. So there you have it.

No need to answer, we have seen it!

Some other tidbits picked up: * Shadowfax will be really big. The guy said that New Line was supposed to loan them a cardboard standup of Gandalf on Shadowfax, but somehow there was a mixup and it got left in the warehouse. He said, however, that it was actual size and it was 14 feet tall. So Shadowfax is pretty big.

Shadowfax will not be 14 feet tall, the writer is being ridiculously silly here trying to pull clues out of a cardboard standup being 14 feet tall.

An Andalusian stallion will stand 5'8" or so at the shoulder. Add the height of Gandalf sitting on him, and their combined height might be a bit over 10-11 feet, depending on the hat. Have the horse rearing or in motion and you might get him a couple more feet off the ground.