You all know I'm a Tolkien geek, so I thought I'd post a few related items of interest.  
1).  Looks like they may make "
The Hobbit" into a movie after all. 
Peter Jackson said he is down to direct.2).  Maybe by the time the movie comes out I'll be making enough money to live in "
The Shire"!
3).  Until then, I'll have to settle on going and seeing "
Eragon", a new fantasy movie coming out in December.  Based on a book 
written by a 15 year old boy (at the time) several years ago, it's apparently loosely based around 
Tolkien's vision of "pre-history".