 On 17 June 1998, Bob Weinstein presented a treatment of a single two-hour film version of the book.He suggested cutting Bree and the Battle of Helm's Deep, "losing or using" Saruman, merging Rohan and Gondor with Éowyn as Boromir's sister, shortening Rivendell and Moria as well as having Ents prevent the Uruk-hai from kidnapping Merry and Pippin.Upset by the idea of "cutting out half the good stuff", Jackson balked, and Miramax declared that any script or work completed by Weta Workshop was theirs.