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Originally Posted by Mithadan
The real issue seems to be, will New Line want to sink millions into doing preproduction and signing talent for the movie if their rights to distribute it are at all in question?
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Well ... some money has already been sunk into this movie. Guillermo del Toro is involved and he can't be doing it for free. Screenplays are being written.
My understanding is that preproduction goes full speed ahead this September, so yes - it's a hell of a risk if they lose the rights in October.
It would be interesting, to say the least, if the rights reverted back to the Tolkien Estate. I suspect that at this point they (and by 'they' I principally mean CJRT) probably wouldn't kill off the movie, BUT you can imagine the Estate wanting script approval.
Now ... looking at the contract I see that (7.5% of) the movie's gross is split between the Estate and the publishers (after production costs are deducted). So ... does that mean the rights revert back to the Estate AND the publishers in the event of a breach? I'd better have another look.