Like many things these days, it all began with a teaser trailer. The day was April 7, 2000 and New Line Cinema released a 100 second trailer teasing
The Lord of the Rings, an epic series of films they had in production based on the famous books by
J.R.R. Tolkien. Directed by
Peter Jackson, a guy who, at that point, had only done five small movies, this one trailer lit a spark that changed the face of modern movies.
At that point, I'd never ...