Producer sues New Line over "Lord of the Rings"
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The Academy Award-winning producer  behind the "Lord of the Rings" franchise has sued the films'  distributor, New Line Cinema, to force it to disclose its  accounting for the multibillion-dollar epic.
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The major Hollywood movie studios today sued hundreds of people suspected of trading illegally copied movies on the Internet, a move closely modeled on the recording industry&#39;s aggressive legal campaign to stamp out music piracy.
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Peter Jackson, the creator of the record-breaking Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, is to executive produce two Hobbit movies.
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For the last year New Line has been wrestling with its London-based production of âThe Golden Compass,â an ambitious fantasy based on the Philip Pullman novel.
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Almost five decades after JRR Tolkien sold the rights to The Lord of the Rings for £100 to cover a tax bill, the film producer Saul Zaentz, who now collects the royalties, is suing the makers of the film trilogy for £11 million.
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Where is Frodo when you need him?  Director Peter Jackson has been told he will not be hired to direct a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien novel "The Hobbit," despite the nearly $3 billion global box office success of his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, according to a letter Jackson wrote to fan site TheOneRing.net.
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Lawsuit is the word: Olivia Newton-John is suing Universal Music Group Inc. for allegedly failing to pay more than $1 million in royalties on sales of the "Grease" soundtrack album.
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The top executive at the Screen Actors Guild has hired one of Hollywood's leading entertainment litigators in his struggle to hold his job at the bitterly divided union.
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The Motion Picture Association of America says it has sued a company that sells Internet downloads of current movies like &quot;I, Robot&quot; and &quot;Spider-Man 2&quot; without permission.
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The author and two associates are accused of violating copyright laws.
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LOS ANGELES  - Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," which is being co-financed by New Line and MGM.
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Director Martin Scorsese is sued by a production company for allegedly failing to have a check-up before a new film.
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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 failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the blockbuster films.
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An official complaint is submitted on behalf of the US writers' union, arguing studios broke employment laws.
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Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the Rings."
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Fifteen actors from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy are suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract, claiming they're still owed a percentage of an estimated $100 million in profits from the sales of movie merchandise, their attorney said Wednesday.
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The Los Angeles comedy  writer-producer who penned Fox&#39;s &quot;In Living Color&quot; and created  Nickelodeon&#39;s &quot;Roundhouse&quot; has sued the Walt Disney Co.,  claiming it stole the idea for its hit Disney Channel show,  &quot;Hannah Montana,&quot; from him.