(SB) - Director Peter Jackson has acknowledged that he has qualms about releasing the first sequel of the Lord of the Rings trilogy under its original title, The Two Towers. However, he told the Wellington, New Zealand Evening Post that, despite its similarity to The Twin Towers, the alternative name of the World Trade Center, he probably won't change it. "Tolkien fans would kill us," he said. "It's true that I've thought about what that title means now," Jackson told the newspaper. "I just pray that by the time the second movie comes out, it won't cause any controversy." It is due to be released in Dec. 2002. The newspaper also revealed that Ian McKellen will return as Gandalf in the second film, looking younger and stronger than he does in the Fellowship of the Ring. (In recent interviews McKellen has demonstrated how he affected an old-man's voice to accompany his old-man's makeup in the current Rings episode.)
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