Oh don't sigh! I don't doubt for a minute that he is doing that!
Filming for TTT on NZ's Mt. Ruapehu. 5/20/02, 11:20 pm EST - TehanuNews from an NZ Ringer: "People from the Powderhorn Chateau in Ohakune [a really nice hotel on Mt. Ruapehu - the cast and crew stayed there last time] said that Peter Jackson will spend two days filming there this month. At a waterfall scene up Mountain Road. It is for the second film."
5/23/02, 10:10 am EST - XoanonSC writes: A couple of my friends were at a service station in central Wellington on Friday night and as they were making their purchases who walks in but Dominic Monaghan (Merry) and Billy Boyd (Pippin)! The only mental note my friends made was that Dom and Billy were on foot, and appeared to be quite short - kind of like hobbits in the flesh!
Sooo.....not only are Frodo and Sam shooting new footage or reshooting old, but so are the other hobbits. And I think John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) was spotted the other day as well. Sounds like the filming is including most, if not all, of the fellowship. How exciting!