What worries me is the characters themselves, specifically who will play them and what their accents will be like. If Jackson bows to the studio's pressure and mixes in American twang for Men, I will be sorely disappointed. This is an English tale, and I hope they realize that despite its obvious Ango-bent, it still can remain universal and still will be popular. I just don't want to be reminded of Kevin Costner in Robin Hood everytime I hear Aragorn speak.

Furthermore, I sincerely hope this Sean Connery rumour goes away. I would have liked to have seen Ian McKellan as Gandalf, but that doesn't look like its happening. Oh well.