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05-24-2008, 08:27 PM | #1 | |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Christopher Tolkien: kill HOBBIT film
just posted on the Timesonline site in the entertainment sections
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Which is pretty much what I expected all along would happen when this first came out months ago. |
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05-24-2008, 09:20 PM | #2 |
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Good for C. Tolkien. If the movie doesn't get made, I won't shed a tear.
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05-25-2008, 11:31 AM | #3 | |
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Anyway, even though there surely will be enough for us to complain about in the movie, I'm apparently not old enough to help getting a wee bit exited about it. Let's hope the movie gets done on time and the Tolkien estate get what they deserve too. What is their legal claim btw? That NEW LINE says the movie made less money than it in actually did?
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05-25-2008, 11:53 AM | #4 |
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Bad Journalism
I've followed what is happening online with the suit and I have to say that I agree with Kristin Thompson over at The Frodo Franchise that this article is "rubbish." The lawyers for New Line/Warner asked for a 30 day extension several weeks ago and the Estate did not balk probably because negotiations were progressing. Furthermore it makes little sense for Warner not to pay $80 to $100 million out to make $1.5 to $2 billion that the next to films will earn. Like it or not, The Hobbit and Film Two are going to be made, and the Estate will get the money owed to them (which they should). We can debate whether we want them to be made, but the stark reality is that they are going to be made.
Here is a link to The Frodo Franchise article: http://www.kristinthompson.net/blog/?p=271#more-271
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05-25-2008, 01:14 PM | #5 |
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I always knew good old young master Christopher is a nice person!
And I shouldn't have read the article in the first place. Aragorn? If that's true, I suggest building up a process against them. And the second film? Horrifying just to think of it. (If anyone feels offended, it's just my personal opinion, and seriously, a honest Tolkien fan can't stand back in such a case of blasphemy - it's immoral!)
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05-25-2008, 01:51 PM | #6 |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Kristin Thompson of THE FRODO FRANCHISE is not reporting that the Times article is "a tempest in a teapot" and its conclusions are wrong.
http://www.kristinthompson.net/blog/ I hope she is correct. |
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