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- Unlike The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, the film rights for The Silmarillion were never sold and still remain with the Tolkien family.
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Mar 22, 2022 · And the answer surprised many fans who thought the show would be focused on the events in The Silmarillion. Amazon doesn’t actually have the rights to The Silmarillion. This means the series will be based on The Appendices at the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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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).
Jan 23, 2024 · Jan 23. Written By Louise Parnell. Image Source: JoBlo. In 1968 J.R.R Tolkien sold a large slice of the rights to his most famous work, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy to United Artists. A year later they sold it to Oscar-winning film producer Saul Zaentz.
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The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) brought J.R.R. Tolkien considerable literary success, leaving the author various suitors vying for the rights to adapt his books. In 1969, Tolkien struck a deal with United Artists - one of the biggest studios of its time - for a sum most would consider an inaccurate reflection of the investme...
Essentially, everything Saul Zaentz Company bought from United Artists in 1976 is now up for grabs - albeit for more gold than you can shake a Smaug at. Saul Zaentz himself passed away in 2014 and, as per the original report from Variety, the late producer's company is now selling its Tolkien-based interests, projected to fetch somewhere in the reg...
Because Tolkien's IP is so fragmented, the sale of Middle-earth Enterprises' rights is unlikely to be straightforward, nor especially quick. There are hurdles to overcome - especially with regards to who currently owns what - and objections may be raised by the Tolkien Estate, given previous lawsuits filed between parties over the years. Neverthele...
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Jun 13, 2024 · This was made possible in 1969 when a deal was agreed between Tolkien’s publishers (Allen & Unwin) and United Artists, who purchased the film rights to both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Film rights to The Silmarillion have never been sold, and it remains unlikely that they ever will be.
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.
The estate very specifically decided to sell the rights to a limited TV series because it carves around those rights and limited the sale to LOTR and the Hobbit because it does not trigger the matching rights (now held by Embracer) to The Silmarillion or any other material.
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