I was listening to National Public Radio and was fascinated by this story. A non-profit fan made prequel to the Lord of the Rings. Director Chris Bouchard with the help of other fans are set to release a high definition 40 minute movie called "The Hunt For Gollum" over the internet Sunday May 3. There's some backlash as to copyright laws, but everything seems a go for Sunday, so I guess we'll see.

NPR link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103673352
The Hunt For Gollum - Movie Blog http://hunt4gollum.blogspot.com/
Dailymotion states it will show the full 40 minute movie when released: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8znyl_trailer-2-the-hunt-for-gollum_shortfilms
The main link seems to be down.

Here's a trailer.