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  1. Jun 2, 2024 · After the “Hunt for Gollum” movie announcement, I notice more than one person asking why the Tolkien Estate hasnt sold the rights to the Silmarillion yet.

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  2. Mar 22, 2022 · Tolkien had never wanted to sell the rights to his books to the movie companies, but he was forced to eventually for the money in the 1970s to Saul Zaentz, and the animated Rankin and Bass productions of The Hobbit and Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings (among a few other small budget films) were made. But those were the only rights that ...

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  3. In the film rights to the LOTR that JRR Tolkien sold in the late sixties (up until recently owned by the Saul Zaentz Company) were included "matching rights" to the Silmarillion (and perhaps Unfinished Tales, I don't remember).

  4. May 26, 2016 · J.R.R. Tolkien sold the rights to film adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to United Artists in 1968 or 1969.

  5. Dec 10, 2020 · There has been no indication whatsoever since 1977, when The Silmarillion was first published, that Christopher Tolkien as literary executor to his father’s legacy would be willing to sell rights to this book.

  6. Feb 24, 2023 · Without one ring to rule them all, the rights for creators to tell stories in Middle-earth have long been a confusing mess—a mess that has only gotten more confusing when Embracer Group announced...

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  8. Christopher Tolkien speaks about "The Silmarillion". Romanian Tolkien Society. 1.47K subscribers. 4.6K. 346K views 13 years ago. From the documentary "J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R....

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    • Societatea Tolkien din România | Romanian Tolkien Society