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Who owns the Lord of the Rings? Amazon with their Rings of Power? Peter Jackson with the Warner Bros LOTR trilogy? The Tolkien Estate? What about LOTR games like Gollum and Return to Moria? LOTR board games like War of the Ring? Will there be a Silmarillion movie? What’s all this about the Embracer Group?
Well, the answer to all this is complicated.
So come with me on an adventure into the wild world of film rights, licencing agreements, and lots and lots of legal challenges as the War for the Rights to The Lord of the Rings carries ever on and on…..
00:00 - Concerning Hobbits - JRR Tolkien, HarperCollins, and United Artists
02:13 - A Journey in the Dark - Saul Zaentz, Ralph Bakshi and Rankin/Bass
05:03 - The Ring Goes South - Peter Jackson, Miramax and New Line Cinema
07:06 - The Gathering of the Clouds - The Hobbit, Warner Brothers, and the LOTR game lawsuit
10:05 - A Long-Expected Party - Amazon and The Rings of Power
12:02 - Ever on and on - Embracer Group and the status quo
Pentex’s Lord of the Rings video essays playlist: • Lord of the Rings vide...
The Scouting of the Shire (How the Hobbiton Movie Set was Built): • The Scouting of the Sh...
The Russian Lord of the Rings Movie is Weirder Than You Think: • The Russian Lord of th...
The Russian Hobbit Movie is Weirder Than You Think: • The Russian Hobbit Mov...
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MUSIC
Early Avril, Unicorn Heads, KZfaq Music Library
Icelandic Arpeggios, DivKid, KZfaq Music Library
“Tranquil Fields” by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
"Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
“Straight” www.bensound.com/free-music-f...
Rolling Hills, Sir Cubsworth, KZfaq Music Library
SOURCES (Video)
Lindsay Ellis, The Battle of the Five Studios: • The Hobbit: Battle of ...
Folding Ideas, A Exhaustive History of Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings: • An Exhaustive History ...
Shadowman, Evolution of the Lord of the Rings Games (1982-2019): • EVOLUTION OF LORD OF T...
John Boorman’s LOTR screenplay: / john_boormans_infamous...
SOURCES (Research)
Overviews
www.middleearth.com/history.html
www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...
Rankin/Bass and Bakshi:
www.nytimes.com/1977/11/27/ar...
www.nytimes.com/1978/11/08/ar...
LOTR public domain:
law.marquette.edu/facultyblog...
Tolkien Estate vs New Line and historical context:
www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/...
www.theguardian.com/books/200...
Tolkien vs New Line: variety.com/2008/biz/features...
Hobbit drama:
www.wsj.com/articles/SB107663...
Warner Bros vs Tolkien Estate (gaming rights): www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/mo...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...
LOTR rights sale by Saul Zaentz Company
variety.com/2022/film/news/lo...
variety.com/2022/film/news/lo...
Amazon:
deadline.com/2017/11/amazon-t...
www.businessinsider.com/amazo...
Embracer Group:
www.polygon.com/23311153/the-...
embracer.com/release/embracer...