As such, the studio is currently working on the animated Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which takes place 250 years before the films and follows King of Rohan Helm Hammerhand. At this time, Warner Bros., which owns New Line Cinema, is thought to retain some film rights to Lord of the Rings. Directed by Peter Jackson, that film and its two sequels, 2002's The Two Towers and 2003's Return of the King, proved successful both critically and commercially. In 2001, New Line Cinema released The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Amazon is said to be one of the top potential buyers for these various rights, which include limited matching rights should the Tolkien estate decide to make content based on The Silmarillion or The Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. The timing of the auction is not thought to be accidental and is, in fact, related to Amazon's upcoming live-action TV series, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. RELATED: Lord of the Rings: Gandalf Resurrected After the Balrog Fight - But Did It First Zaentz Company and ACF Investment Bank, which is handling the sale, declined to comment on Variety's article. Current projections estimate those rights could earn more than $2 billion.
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are going up for sale this week.Īccording to Variety, movie, merchandising, gaming and live-event rights to Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are going to be up for auction, as the Saul Zaentz Company, which holds those rights, has decided to sell them.
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