In an attempt to quell rumors that Lord of the Rings: The White Council had been canceled, EA CFO Warren Jenson clarified by saying "The Lord of the Rings product is back in development in terms of being on hold."

Despite this announcement, it will be a while before the game sees shelves. Jenson said the game will not be released this financial year, which ends on March 31, 2008. He also announced that EA is "looking at the creative positioning and feature set on the Lord of the Rings franchise," but did not give any more details regarding that.