![]() has had a long-term license on “LOTR” and “The Hobbit” since the late 1990s. It also includes limited matching rights should the Tolkien estate decide to make movies or other content based on two compilations of Tolkien writings that were published after his death in 1973: “The Silmarillion” and “The Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth.”Ī representative for the Zaentz Co. holdings encompass rights to exploit “LOTR” and “ The Hobbit” properties in movies, video games, merchandising, live events and theme parks. have had acquisition discussions over the last decade or so but they’ve never gotten close to a deal. have quietly held pitch meetings in recent weeks to sell the portfolio of Tolkien rights that producer Saul Zaentz acquired in the late 1960s and ‘70s. “We are currently in production on our anime film ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ and look forward to bringing audiences back to Middle-earth.” “New Line Cinema has maintained the theatrical film rights, both live-action and animated, for over two decades now,” a Warner Bros.
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