Why did Tolkien sell?

Why was Tolkien's estate so cagey with the rights, and what ... - Reddit

It's also to be noted that the only reason Tolkien sold the rights to adapt his books in the first place was because he had to pay a tax bill.

Main: Why did Tolkien sell off the movie rights for LOTR & TH?

The movie rights were sold in the late 1950s. The Lord of the Rings had just recently been published in the UK, but not yet in the US.

Why did Tolkien sell?

Two answers: 1. He needed money (just like everybody does) even if I don't really think so, in his case. 2. He wanted his stories to become more ...

Tolkien Estate - Wikipedia

The Tolkien Estate is the legal body which manages the property of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, including the copyright for most of his works.

Why didn't the Tolkien Trust get the royalties? Although The Lord of ...

JRRR Tolkien sold the movie and merchandising rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to United Artists back in the 1960s.

The billion-dollar battle to make The Rings of Power - New Statesman

Tolkien sold the Lord of the Rings film rights to United Artists for £104,602, about £1.2m in today's money, in 1969. He is said to have made ...

Lord Of The Rings Movie Rights Explained (& Why A New Film ...

According to the initial Variety report, Zaentz's Tolkien fire-sale is happening now because the company believes Warner Bros. relinquished its ...

What is the Tolkien estate? Who is Christopher Tolkien?

It does not own film rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, which Tolkien sold long ago. There were eventually accumulated and used by ...

Has Tolkien's estate ever sold the rights to adaptations of any ...

The Tolkien estate owns the writings of Professor Tolkien — The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings were sold by Professor Tolkien the late 60s...

The intellectual property map of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the ...

In 1969, four years before his death, Tolkien made a deal with a movie studio in Hollywood called United Artists, selling United Artists all the ...

With the passing of Christopher Tolkien, where do the story rights fall?

The Tolkien Estate still holds the rights to everything aside from the film rights J.R.R. Tolkien sold in the 1969 United Artists deal and ...

Was Christopher Tolkien truly willing to sell "The Silmarillion" to EA ...

EA Redwood Shores was considering including JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion in its source material for the game, and Christopher Tolkien was on board to back it ...

Tolkien Estate

The film and merchandise rights for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were sold by J.R.R. Tolkien, and are currently owned by Middle-earth ...

Is The Tolkien Estate to blame? - YouTube

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TCG - The Wonders of... - Tolkien Collector's Guide

Not all copies sold, or were bound, so one day one clever bookseller saw a chance to bind them and sell them. This was however stopped by the Tolkien Estate, ...

'The Rings of Power': The Tolkien Estate Was Sold on Amazon's ...

Amazon had acquired the rights to do a Lord of the Rings television series from the Tolkien estate, a project that is now what we know as The Rings of Power.

The New(ish) Tolkien Estate Copyright FAQ [Archive]

So: no, you cannot sell it, and the Estate does not authorize it. That goes back to 2007, and appears to be the earliest version of the site ...

United Artists - Tolkien Gateway

It is often repeated that Tolkien sold the rights for a 'pittance' in order to pay a tax bill, in fact the sum he was paid was ...

Why Amazon Doesn't Have The Rights To J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The ...

But those were the only rights that were sold. Even for Peter Jackson, he only had the rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. So, for ...

Tolkien heirs battle for share of movie profits | Books - The Guardian

The Tolkien Trust is "very aggrieved" at New Line's alleged failure to honour the contract and has accused the company of "inscrutable" ...