While the Lord of the Rings movie and game rights are on sale, big companies, especially Amazon, have already set their sights on this auction.
One of the biggest sales in Hollywood may take place in the coming days, because according to the statement, it was stated that the Lord of the Rings movie and game rights will be on sale. The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and some other works of JRR Tolkien’s movies, games, souvenirs and commercial rights are said to be on sale, and many big companies, especially Amazon, are said to have set their sights on this sale. Of course, expectations show that companies like Disney can also take part in this sale.
Lord of the Rings movie and game rights sold
It is also stated that the cost of the sale will exceed 2 billion dollars. The company that acquires these rights will own all of the movie projects, game projects, souvenirs, figures and other commercial rights related to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The Silmarillion is not included in these rights for sale. It has also been stated that if the Silmarillion rights in the Tolkien Foundation go on sale in the future, the company that will buy the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit rights will be more advantageous due to “matching rights”.
Variety site according to the report The sale will be done within a week. Again in this report, it is stated that Amazon, which paid $ 250 million for the rights to the series The Lord of the Rings, is one of the biggest candidates to get other rights. Warner Bros., on the other hand, already held the rights to some movies through its New Line Cinema division. It is also known that the firm is working on the Lord of the Rings movie The War of the Rohirrim. In the report, it was stated that since New Line has not been actively producing a production for a long time, these rights were transferred to Zaentz again and the sale may have resulted from this.