Internet premiere for 'Rings' trailer
The trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers will premiere on America Online next Monday.
Starting at 5.01am Irish time, fans will be able download images for the second film in the adaptation of Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy.
A day later, the trailer will appear on the film’s Web site.
The film, which includes Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and the rest of the cast from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is due in cinemas in December.
When the trailer for last year’s blockbuster went online in April 2000, it was downloaded an estimated 1.7 million times in the first 24 hours.
The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, and won four.
The third film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, is scheduled to come out in December 2003.
All three were shot simultaneously.
