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Exclusive worldwide rights to motion picture, merchandising, stage and other rights in certain literary works of J. R. R. Tolkien including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were sold by Tolkien himself to United Artists in 1969, reportedly for a small amount, [3] [4] and are currently owned by Middle-earth Enterprises (formerly Tolkien Enterprises), inc., an Embracer Group subdivision, [5 ...
The earliest known production is the 1969 calendar printed in the Meretricious fanzine in December 1968. It was illustrated by Tim Kirk. [1]Ian and Betty Ballantine of Ballantine Books, publishers of The Lord of the Rings in the United States from the 1960s, brought out a Tolkien Calendar in 1973; Ian Ballantine sent a copy to J. R. R. Tolkien, explaining that he always aimed to please the author.
Earnings 1: Michael Jackson: Musician: United States Overdose/homicide [4] $275 million 2: Elvis Presley: Heart attack: $60 million 3: J. R. R. Tolkien: Author: United Kingdom Pneumonia: $50 million 4: Charles Schulz: Cartoonist: United States Cancer: $33 million 5: John Lennon: Musician: United Kingdom Homicide: $17 million 6: Stieg Larsson ...
Tolkien estate backed by judge who ordered destruction of all electronic and physical copies of ‘The Fellowship of the King’
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New Line Cinema and Warner Bros Pictures have hammered out a new multi-year agreement with Embracer Group AB’s Middle-Earth Enterprises to team on new The Lord of the Rings movies. Warner Bros ...
J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, sold the film, stage and merchandising rights of those works to United Artists in 1969. They in turn sold them to The Saul Zaentz Company in 1976, which in turn formed Tolkien Enterprises, now named Middle-earth Enterprises, in 1977. [4] United Artists retained distribution ...
The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien is a 2024 book of poetry of the English philologist, poet, and author J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Tolkien scholars, wife and husband Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. Its three volumes contain some 900 versions of 195 poems, among them around 70 previously unpublished.