Lord of the Rings TV series gets multi-season order at Amazon

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Originally Posted by Snowdog

To add to my last post, the bar has been set admittedly low with the LotR movies, and especially The Hobbit movies. Being the rights were sold 48 years ago before there was a 'Tolkien Estate', the estate likely put a high price on this especially after the hassles they had with the films. Cash grab?maybe, but may as well get the $ beforehand instead of hassling over the 'profits'.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Except that the TV rights were not sold 48 years ago: they were sold in 2017.

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Except that the TV rights were not sold 48 years ago: they were sold in 2017.

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The reading of the original 1969 contract says differently, and the material to be covered in this latest deal is part of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

[davem]

Originally Posted by Snowdog

coughcoughexamplebassrankincoughcough.
The reading of the original 1969 contract says differently, and the material to be covered in this latest deal is part of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

Love the Rankin Bass Hobbit. Jackson's farrago shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath.