Tolkien Trust prepare to sue New Line Cinema

The Tolkien Trust, representing the estate of the late JRR Tolkien, is preparing to sue New Line Cinema, the makers of the three films based on the author’s Lord of The Rings trilogy.

The Tolkien Trust claims that New Line Cinema agreed to pay 7% of the films’ gross receipts to the Trust and have threatened to block any proposed prequels to the films.

To read the full story please click on the following link which will take you to the Telegraph website.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/12/wring112.xml

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