Subcribers will be able to download logos for their Nokia phones

According to Riot-E this is the first time wireless entertainment has been offered to US mobile phone users.

'Launch pad'

New Line Cinema are confident that the wireless games will prove just as popular as the official website of the films. The website generated 350 million hits in three months since relaunching on 12 January 2001.

In April, Riot-E produced a daily SMS bulletin to coincide with the UK release of Bridget Jones's Diary, as well as personality tests, quizzes and polls.

Riot-E created a daily SMS bulletin to accompany the UK release of Bridget Jones's Diary

Their other licences include X-Men, which has become the most successful mobile game of all time, generating several million mobile messages so far.

Riot-E has also gone into partnership with Japanese company Cybird to deliver wireless content and interactive games for Sam Raimi's forthcoming Spiderman movie to Japanese mobile networks.

The first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is set for release on December 19, 2001. The second and third films - The Two Towers and Return of the King - are set for release in December 2002 and 2003 respectively.