Hobbit movie news
You may have heard of the Hobbit movie that is under way currently, directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Peter Jackson. You may also have heard that the movie is in some danger, due to a lawsuit brought by Tolkien’s family. Luckily, Salon.com’s Andrew O’Hehir is casting some light on the matter.
If there’s one thing I’m sure about in this exceedingly murky, high-stakes poker game, it’s that no one at the table is foolish enough to want to shut down a production that promises to yield, at a conservative estimate, an additional $2 billion to $3 billion in worldwide revenue. What the Tolkiens and Time Warner are fighting over is who controls that production and who will reap the enormous benefits.
So don’t worry it won’t get made – everyone wants the cash.