* Peter explained that the actual book The Two Towers is too short for a film so they have expanded a lot of the material. He emphasized that the film will be heavy in the development of Frodo and Sam with Smeagol and that there is a lot of development with Frodo and Faramir. So much in fact, that Shelob has BEEN MOVED TO RETURN OF THE KING.
* A fan asked if the Slinker/Stinker would be included and PJ said yes.
* Fran ( Peter's wife ) actually recently wrote and directed a piece in TTT that is all about the background of Gollum. We will get to see how he transformed into the creature that he is... PJ pridefully pointed out that Fran had written and directed it all on her own.
* A fan asked about the Ents storming Isengard and PJ confirmed that we will see this. "Oh yes" he said.
* Two Towers is written to cut back and forth between the three story lines that are taking place.
I wondered about that... the book only switches once, halfway through... and I am not sure how that would work in a film... So PJ will cut back and forth in sortof "real-time". that would be good.
I really love Jackson's work in FOTR (that's an understatement, really), but this quote really has me scratching my head. It strikes me as ridiculous.
I can understand that. If you remember, the last 1/3 of RoTK is the Epilogue about what happened to Aragorn and Arwen and some other characters. Nice info, not necessary for a movie.
I don't see any problem about Shelob being moved to ROTK; the story was cut off at the end of TTT and begun again in RoTK. It only makes cinematic sense to keep it all in one movie, kind of like they did with the 'burial' of Boromir putting it at the end of FoTR rahter than at the beginning of TTT.
TTT promises to have some great fight scenes...I cannot wait, but I reckon the release of the FoTR DVD will have to tide me over for now.
Middle-Earth FReegards...MUD