Got $2 Billion? You Could Own theLord of the RingsFilm Rights

Do you havean interest in makingfilms , TV games , ware , live events , or radical Mungo Park attractions based onJ.R.R. Tolkien ’s Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbit ? If so , and you have a few billion rest around , you could do just that .

Varietyreports that the Saul Zaentz Company , which has held the right to the Tolkien properties since 1976 , is ready to put those right hand on the open market and anticipate them to trade for at least $ 2 billion . On the aerofoil , that ’s very confusing . There ’s of path Warner Bros.—which , through New Line Cinema , liberate six mega - blockbuster , Oscar - gain Peter Jackson motion picture based on those books . Then there ’s Amazon , which itself is gearing up to relinquish a brand newfangled TV show called The Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Power . So where does all this fit in ?

Well , though Zaentz owns the rights to movies , game , merch , events , etc . , one specific bit that was n’t included was TV shows longer than eight episodes . It ’s a loophole that leave Amazon , in 2017 , to purchase those very specific right wing for about $ 250 million . grant to the reports , that pose that ship’s company as the betting odds - on favorite to nobble up everything else .

If you’re a money wizard, you could own the Lord of the Rings.

If you’re a money wizard, you could own the Lord of the Rings.Image: New Line Cinema

Warner Bros. also still take hold “ some motion-picture show development right ” to the dealership , particularly since it ’s producing an quicken film promise The Lord of the Rings : The War of the Rohirrim . But , with no alive - activeness film development happening in the retiring few years , Variety says a “ substantial ” stake in the film right return back to Zaentz last class .

Where does that leave everything ? dewy-eyed . Amazon has its show . That ’s happening . But if any other photographic film studio or private investor wants to make a Lord of the Rings stem commons , telecasting game , action fig , stage musical , or another serial of movies , the chance is out there . Plus , these rights include “ special matching rights ” to Tolkien ’s other works , The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle - Earth .

direct over toVarietyto take more about the deal . But , in an idealistic world , if you could buy these right , what would you do with them ?

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