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Oh, man. How many people did I freak out with THAT one? I love sensationalistic headlines….but anyway–on with the story! The Tolkien estate filed a monster lawsuit against the folks behind the Lord of the Rings trilogy, claiming they were owed fully a hundred and fifty million bucks. And until they GOT their whopping monster payday, they weren’t going to play ball on The Hobbit.
But that’s no long an issue, as a settlement (whose financial terms were quite undisclosed) was only recently announced that got the whole Hobbit train back up and rolling.
So there’s no need to be worried, Hobbit fans–your movie will be well on its way directly. Kind of a low blow that it was all just about the cash that kept the Tolkien estate from playing ball, but hey…when you have to get paid, you have to get paid.
