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09:16 - Oh, now what?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_en_mo/tolkien_lawsuit
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Are these guys just incapable of getting on the same page with a basic contract?
LOS ANGELES - The estate of “Lord of the Rings” creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company hasn’t paid it a penny from the estimated $6 billion the films have grossed worldwide.
The suit, filed Monday, claims New Line was required to pay 7.5 percent of gross receipts to Tolkien’s estate and other plaintiffs, who contend they only received an upfront payment of $62,500 for the three movies before production began.
Via Aziz, who probably rightly sees this as an indication that we won't be seeing a Hobbit movie anytime soon, which means not with the same team and cast as LotR. If this is indeed part of a pattern with New Line, one wonders why anyone would sign with them ever again. Though the commenters at Dean's World are less dismal in outlook...
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Brian Tiemann
