• State of the Estate

  • Jan 24 2025
  • Length: 57 mins
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State of the Estate

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  • In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss the history of adaptation rights to Tolkien's work.


    Sources:

    The Tolkien Trust and their finances

    The Times - Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the rings to avoid taxman

    John Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg - Screenplay for The Lord of the Rings (1970)

    The Guardian - The saddest story in rock (The Zaentz/Fogerty scandal)

    Dan Olson [VIDEO] - An Exhaustive History of Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings

    Open Culture - The 1985 Soviet TV Adaptation of The Hobbit: Cheap and Yet Strangely Charming

    Charlie Rose (ew) [VIDEO] - 2002 Interview w/ Peter Jackson

    The Guardian - Tolkien estate sues Hobbit producers over video and gambling games

    Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Weinstein brothers sue Time Warner over Hobbit films

    The Hollywood Reporter - Warner Bros prevails over Weinsteins in Hobbit profit fight

    Ars Technica - Amazon will run a multi-season Lord of the Rings prequel TV series


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