More trouble bringing Middle Earth to life

YankeyMCC

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Wed Feb-13-08 10:32 AM
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More trouble bringing Middle Earth to life

Seems like New Line just does not get how to conduct business fairly.

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"Lord of the Rings" was about a great, magical ring that brought power, wealth, and curses to all those who held it. Life is starting to imitate art.

Today, the estate of "Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien and original publisher HarperCollins filed suit against New Line, the studio that brought the book series to screen, claiming New Line failed to pay 7.5 percent of gross receipts from the films, which netted an estimated $6 billion combined worldwide.
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http://reporter.blogs.com/thresq/2008/02/tolkien-estate.html

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