According to London’s Sunday Times, the son of JRR Tolkien will try next week to halt the filming of “The Hobbit” and its sequel.
Christopher Tolkien, 83, is calling for “one last crusade” in a long-running court battle against the producers of “The Lord of the Rings” only weeks before carpenters are due to begin work in New Zealand on the sets for the latest Middle-earth epic.
He claims the Tolkien family is owed $158m by New Line Cinema under a deal for a 7.5% share of profits that was signed in 1969, when his father reluctantly sold film rights to pay a tax bill.
At a hearing on June 6th, Christopher Tolkien will ask a Californian judge to back his claim that he can “terminate” film rights to “The Hobbit.” He is said to be furious with the New Line studio, which earned $6 billion from the Rings trilogy. Tolkien’s lawyers accuse New Line of “accounting chicanery.” Warner Bros, owner of New Line, declined to comment.
source: worstpreviews.com
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