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Tolkien Trust Sues New Line, May Kill "Hobbit"
oboreruhito writes "The AP is reporting that the Tolkien Trust and HarperCollins are suing New Line Cinema for $150 million in compensatory damages, unspecified punitive damages, and a court order revoking New Line's rights to produce any more films on Tolkien properties. The Tolkien Trust says that New Line paid them only $62,500 to make 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy of films — instead of the agreed-upon 7.5 percent of gross receipts of all film-related revenue. The suit may set back, if not kill, a film adaptation of Lord of the Rings prequel 'The Hobbit,' which Peter Jackson had recently signed up to make after his own legal row with the studio over payment for the sequels."
My subject is a quote from TFA.
Let's break this down.
"The Lord of teh Ring's trilogy"
You know what, I'm not even going to bother. What kind of retard submitted this?
We are one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. Back to you with the weather, Bob!
the site's doing everything in its power to -be- Digg down to the very look and feel, and failing miserably.
Surely failing to imitate Digg is a good thing...
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I think he would recommend rising an army of Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits and horsemen to besiege the Two Towers of New Line Cinema, and shoot their Nazgul lawyers whenever you get a chance.
Wouldn't he?
In Soviet Russia, our new overlords are belong to all your base.
Anyone else remember Dragon magazine and the spoof on getting sued by the Tolkien estate - they weren't allowed to say "ring".
"Someone get the phone, its circular metal banding off the hook!"
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
shouldn't the MPAA be thanking filesharers, since they're diluting their losses? (just using Hollywood accounting logic here)
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Not exactly. He had already been paid quite a bit, but not nearly as much as they owed him.
:)
They obviously didn't pay him enough to eat. Didn't you see how much weight he lost after making those films?!?
"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers." Carl Sagan
I'm not positive; but I suspect his response would be long, boring, and involve a lot of walking.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
So, is the accounting the only creative thing coming out of Hollywood these days?
They don't need Peter Jackson now-- they have a big hit franchise! Just scoop up Michael Bay and it'll do just fine. Or that guy who did Time Bandits. Whatever, the point is the kids won't know the difference. In this business, movies is movies, and when you got a great property and cash flying around, the artsy types can only mess it up.
Without guys like us making connections and cutting deals, there'd have been only one Highlander movie. And that would have been a real tragedy.
Now there is a great idea - have Terry Gilliam do the Hobbit. Only the plot would need some twisting to make it into Gilliam territory.
When the dwarves are captured by the elves, at least one needs to die during interrogation while believing that they are escaping. Sting would need to be a vorpal blade. Smaug would swallow its victims and then spit out the bones. Some time travel would be inevitable while leaving Dale. Shelley Duval would make a cameo appearance asking Thorin to return the map. Thorin would become delusional and would try to reach the Mountain in a balloon. It would all end with Bard declaring that he was not the Messiah.
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
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