Nobody likes taking legal action, but the studio left us with no alternative." However Mr Jackson claims that he had been trying to discuss it with New Line, saying: "We attempted to discuss the issues raised with New Line for over a year but the studio was and continues to be completely uncooperative. "He got a quarter of a billion dollars paid to him so far, justifiable, according to contract, completely right, turns around without wanting to have a discussion with us and sues us and refuses to discuss it unless we just give in to his plan." Mr Shaye said he has been offended by the lawsuit brought to his company by Mr Jackson. He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for," Mr Shaye said. "I don't care about Peter Jackson anymore. "I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me. In an interview with the Sci Fi Wire, Robert Shaye, co-chairman of New Line and executive producer of The Lord of the Rings, said that New Line does not want to do any films, including The Hobbit, with Mr Jackson in the future. "We don't understand why New Line Cinema has taken this position," Mr Jackson said. New Line has repeatedly refused permission for Mr Jackson to audit the other films in the trilogy The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, even though Mr Jackson described film auditing as a common practice. "Fundamentally, our legal action is about holding New Line to its contractual obligations and promises." The film trilogies have so far managed to earn US$3 billion in ticket sales since 2001. Mr Jackson described it as "financial anomalies," which New Line refused to account for. ![]() The announcement was made mainly because New Zealander Mr Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh, filed a law suit against New Line in 2005 as they believed New Line owed them much more money than they received for The Lord of the Rings trilogy as shown to them by a partial audit of The Fellowship of the Ring. This announcement will also mean that Mr Jackson will not be allowed to film the prequel titled The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings films he directed. While you’re here and waiting for the new Lord of the Rings movies, why not read up on our Year of the Ring package, which revisited the world of Middle-earth on the 20th anniversary of the trilogy? And in the meantime, if you’re looking to revisit - the original Lord of the Rings trilogy is on Netflix, and both the original trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy are on HBO Max.Movie studio company, New Line Cinema has announced that movie director Peter Jackson will never be allowed to work on another New Line film. One of their other major franchises, DC Studios, recently had a change at the top, and has a brand new plan of upcoming DC movies. and Discovery in 2022 and the appointment of David Zaslav as the company’s CEO. Discovery, following the merger of Warner Bros. ![]() The move comes amidst many shuffles for Warner Bros. An animated movie, The War of the Rohirrim, is already slated for 2024. A high-budget television show from Prime Video set in the world of Middle-earth, The Rings of Power, debuted its first season in 2022, but didn’t have access to all of Tolkien’s writing as source material. This is far from the first foray back to Middle-earth after the massive success of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy: Director Peter Jackson returned for three movies based on The Hobbit. reached a deal with Embracer Group AB, which recently bought the rights to Lord of the Rings movies and games. Discovery announced in an investor call Thursday.ĭetails are scant on the timeline or scope of the projects, but Warner Bros. New Lord of the Rings movies are on their way, Warner Bros.
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