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	pfeffermuse 2008-02-12 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Knowing it's a film company and how rarely film companies pay out from the gross, they'll probably claim that they made no profit from the $6 billion. I don't see it relating to the RDR/JKR battle, but that's just me. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	entrenous88 2008-02-12 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	Not just you. I can't see any relationship, even a tangential one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2008-02-12 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	That has never stopped the batshit before, unfortunately. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	entrenous88 2008-02-12 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	Truest of trufax! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	morgan32 2008-02-12 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	That's the same thing New Line tried to do to Peter Jackson isn't it? What a bunch of crooks they are! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sparkysrevenge 2008-02-12 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	And Saul Zaentz, apparently. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tehrin 2008-02-12 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	It's classy, ain't it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	southerngaelic 2008-02-12 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	Sky News said that the estate wants about $150 million. Maybe it's just me but $150m < $6b BY LIKE, A MILLION MILES. Is it really that much of a chunk of change, considering? (Reply to this)

black_spot
2008-02-12 07:02 pm UTC (link)

If they’ve massaged the gross profit by giving out large bonuses/fees to certain executives, maybe the shareholders (if they’re not the same people) might be very interested in this case as well. Who were the auditors? Could this turn out to another Arthur Anderson? ~~I will gladly volunteer to audit the accounts (for a fee of course – got to get my snout in the trough as well).~~

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	airawyn 2008-02-12 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	The DHD headline for this was Worse News For New Line: Tolkien Sues. My first thought: "Someone's written themselves into the new Hobbit movie?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ms_treesap 2008-02-12 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	Snorts (Reply to this)(Parent)

	velvet_mace 2008-02-12 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	Ha ha! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	msilverstar 2008-02-12 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	LOLOLOLOL! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	judyhazeleyes 2008-02-13 02:24 am UTC (link)
	EPIC WIN. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rosehiptea 2008-02-13 08:07 am UTC (link)
	DAHAHAHA! ~~Young Bilbo? I'd hit that.~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	laerwen 2008-02-12 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	New Line is in danger of folding, so everyone is trying to get their share. Bob Shaye is being his usual asshole self, trying to delay the inevitable. They won't have a pot to piss in before too long. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	octavia 2008-02-13 01:47 am UTC (link)
	Seriously? How did they manage that? I know they were always claiming to have put their company on the line by taking on this massive LOTR enterprise, but I would've thought they came out of that err... quite comfortably. How the hell did they fuck that up? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2008-02-13 08:25 am UTC (link)
	I seem to recall it has to do with The Golden Compass not turning out to be The Next LOTR. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	velvet_mace 2008-02-12 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	What is it about media companies and their refusal to pay writers these days. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sparkysrevenge 2008-02-13 02:00 am UTC (link)
	Tolkien wasn't a member of the WGA, donchaknow. (Reply to this)(Parent)