Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line Over Millions From âRingsâ
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The Tolkien Trust joined a private family trust of Tolkien heirs and the British arm of HarperCollins Publishers in suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract.
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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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Is it the real McCoy? Does it matter? Houghton Mifflin's decision to publish an unfinished work by J.R.R. Tolkien next year is prompting such questions. The book is the epic ``Children of H&#xFA;rin," begun in 1918 by the legendary author of ``The Hobbit" and ``The Lord of the Rings." Unfinished at the time of Tolkien's death in 1973, the book ...
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BSkyB launched a multimillion-pound lawsuit against EDS yesterday, claiming that the US computer services group breached a contract to create a new IT system that would improve the satellite broadcaster&#39;s handling of customer inquiries.
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After months of bitter legal  wrangling, Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema and  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc have agreed to make two movies  based on the book "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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A file-sharing website is ordered to reveal the names of users who posted copies of JRR Tolkien's novels online.
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Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is suing eBay in India after pirated copies of her Harry Potter books were sold to unsuspecting fans.
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Arts & entertainment: The Lord of the Rings, the most expensive West End musical ever, is about to open. Paul Arendt enters a world of elves, ents and orcs.
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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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LOS ANGELES - Pay up, Frodo. So says Saul Zaentz, a Hollywood producer who has sued New Line Cinema for $20 million in royalties from the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" trilogy...
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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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Company alleges patent infringement by rival disk maker GS Magicstor.
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A Hollywood producer is suing the makers of The Lord of the Rings movies for $20m (£10.9m) in royalties.
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A US firm gets the go-ahead to sue the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund for Â£16m in a row over souvenirs.
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The author and two associates are accused of violating copyright laws.
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Saul Zaentz, the veteran Hollywood producer who originally held the film rights to JRR Tolkien&#39;s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is suing for an Orc-sized cut of profits.
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Japan's Sumitomo Trust and Banking -- the trust arm of a rival suitor for UFJ Holdings -- filed a new lawsuit as part of its effort to secure a deal which could create the world's largest bank.