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‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’ film and gaming rights are up for sale

According to a new report, 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' film and video game rights are now up for sale.

The Saul Zaentz Company, through their subsidiary Middle-Earth Enterprises, has announced a range of film, game, merchandise, and live-event rights for Tolkien’s two prominent works, The Hobbit are now up for sale.

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According to a report by The Rings of Power TV adaptation, it’s said that they’ll go up for at least $2 billion.

Representatives of Saul Zaentz Co. have refused to comment on the matter for the time being, but this will almost certainly result in a bidding war amongst Hollywood moguls, not to mention other companies. Naturally, they’ll be jumping at the opportunity to develop their own The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, TV shows, video games, and other merchandise in a time when the hype is truly alive for the fantasy world.

Warner Bros. actually retains some rights to The Lord of the Rings in the cinematic domain, though Zaentz Co. believes these have been reverted back to them because the company hasn’t been actively developing new LOTR-related content, in spite of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim anime currently in development.

The best bet is that Amazon will swoop in and outbid the rest of the buyers, helping them expand their forays into the world of Middle-Earth, in tandem with their live-action adaptation, without having to deal with the Tolkien Estate. Though what this bodes for the future of Tolkien’s creation is anyone’s guess for now.


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Jonathan Wright
Jonathan is a religious consumer of movies, TV shows, video games, and speculative fiction. And when he isn't doing that, he likes to write about them. He can get particularly worked up when talking about 'The Lord of the Rings' or 'A Song of Ice and Fire' or any work of high fantasy, come to think of it.