NPR had an item that piqued my curiosity, about a fan film called The Hunt for Gollum.
This reminds me of the praiseworthy Star Trek fan project, New Voyages. I don’t know how much of an influence New Voyages had on getting the new Trek movie produced, but so far I haven’t seen anything in the trailers that has me dying to see it. For starters, the set for the bridge is a gaudy mess, reminiscent of the way that Batman looked as handled by Joel Schumacher.