Tolkien estate, New Line settle lawsuit over films

The heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien and a movie studio that produced the blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy have settled a lawsuit over the films' profits, it was announced Tuesday.

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Make that E-Hobbit: Digital Tolkien arrives

A major new name has been added to the digital library: J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Obscure Tolkien book to come out this spring

An early, long-unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien is coming out.

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Court: No punitive damages in 'LOTR' suit

A judge has barred the estate of "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien from seeking punitive damages against the studio that brought the trilogy to the big screen.

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Tolkien Estate Sues New Line Cinema

The estate of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company hasn't paid it a penny from the estimated $6 billion the films have grossed worldwide.

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J.R.R. Tolkien Tale, Completed by Son

"The Children of Hurin" (Houghton Mifflin, 313 pages, $26, or $75 for a deluxe slipcased edition) — J.R.R. Tolkien: Six thousand years before the Fellowship of the Ring, long before anyone had even seen a Hobbit, the elves and men of Middle-earth quaked at the power of the dark lord Morgoth.

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Steven A. Beebe, professor and chair of communication studies at Texas State University, believes he has found a fragment of an unpublished work co-authored by Tolkien and CS Lewis.

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The Hobbit Lead Actor Announcement Coming Soon: Who do you think should play Bilbo Baggins? Who do you think will?

Actors who played Harry Potter, Dr. Who, and Mr.

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Analysts predict the bank earned more than $2 billion in the March-June period, thanks to its trading prowess across world markets.

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Guest blogger China Mieville gives his thoughtful, literary top five "list of some Perhaps In Some Cases Somewhat Insufficiently Stressed Reasons We Should All Be Terribly Grateful To Tolkien." They are: 1) Norse Magic, 2) Tragedy, 3) The Watcher in the Water, 4) Allegory, and 5) …

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The most unexpected of Tolkien's posthumous publications is his poetic response to the gap in the Nibelung legend.

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Fan films are nothing new, but the proliferation of cheap, high quality production tools and the emergence of the Internet as a mass distribution platform has some rights holders waking up to the potential for fan art to keep a brand alive...

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Stephen Turner alerted us to a story about an impressive looking fan film "prequel" to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy that is being released this weekend.

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Two of the biggest Christian actors are slated to star in a film about two of the 20th century's most prominent Christian writers.

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Since it is now about 2 years since the publication of The Children of Hurin I'm happy to say that I'm finally able to release the following interview to the Tolkien community and very gratefull for the time John Garth has put into it.

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HarperCollins is to publish a new book by the late Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, edited and introduced by Tolkien's son Christopher, will be published on 5 May 2009. In this article you can find all latest info.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said in an e-mail message that it planned to release a previously unpublished book by J. R. R. Tolkien that predates his novel "The Hobbit" and his fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings."

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People who believe they're reincarnated elves don't like being told they've read too much Tolkien. Because it's true.

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Says Simon: "Our house is unusual but the aesthetic appeals to lots of people and perhaps touches something innate in us that evolved in forests."

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Looking forward to such an exhibition!

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The son of author JRR Tolkien is making a last-ditch attempt to stop Hollywood from filming two movies based on The Hobbit, it has been reported.

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Frodo Baggins For President

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.

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This interview was conducted in Paris where I talked with Alan Lee about his live long assocation with Tolkien's works, the upcoming Hobbit movie, his involvement with The Lord of the Rings movies.

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The Queen of Hobbits, a very rare 1937 first issue of the first edition of J.R.R.

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A 1937 first edition of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit has been sold at auction to an anonymous bidder for £60,000 - twice what it was expected to reach.

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Google Middle-Earth

Google announced plans today to launch its latest application: Google Middle-Earth. A spokesperson told excited investors that it had "plans in the works with major Satellite companies" to start acquiring live Satellite feeds of all the major regions of Middle-Earth.

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In February 1968 J.R.R. Tolkien was interviewed in conjunction with the BBC television documentary "Tolkien in Oxford", of which also a part has been included in the J.R.R. Tolkien: An Audio Portrait.

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An overview of the signing session by Alan Lee in France can be found here, as well as the info on the French translation of Tolkien's new book the Children of Hurin

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Recently I stumbled upon an interview of J.R.R. Tolkien on YouTube. It is always nice to hear the author talk and especially when the interview is interesting.

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Tolkien Books always a lovely topic to talk about. This is the overview of all the Tolkien books that will be published this year by Harper Collins in the UK.

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Daily Records tells us that a rare Tolkien book worth £5000 was handed to an Oxfam shop in Troon, Ayrshire, by a mystery donor. It seems they have noticed the book is special but are complete off when it comes to the value of this book.

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