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The White CouncilRe: The Film Rights (was Re: Christopher Tolkien)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: The Film Rights (was Re: Christopher Tolkien)Tolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by mb on August 05, 1999 at 08:44:34 In Reply to: The Film Rights (was Re: Christopher Tolkien) posted by Michael Martinez on August 04, 1999 at 23:37:53:
: Actually, J.R.R.T. himself sold the film rights. He was first approached by Forest Ackerman (supposedly the world's most famous SF fan, and a Hollywood something-or-other) and some other people in the late 1950s. That eventually led to a deal of some sort where someone named Zimmerman wrote a screenplay in the 1960s which Tolkien absolutely hated. : He eventually decided he would either go for Art or Cash -- meaning he would either accept only a film that was strictly faithful to the book or else he would just accept a lot of money and have nothing more to do with it. Well, he got the Cash, rather than the Art. : Somehow, somewhere in all that, Saul Zaentz purchased the film (and television) rights and he has controlled them, various trademarks, and all associated merchandising rights ever since. Yes, I know about the Zimmerman-Ackerman affair (mentioned in the BIOGRAPHY and LETTERS) and "Cash or Kudos". However, were the rights sold to Zaentz before or after Tolkien's death? Also, who sold the rights to THE HOBBIT and RETURN OF THE KING to
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