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Where's My $$?

Filed under: Legal Matters

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New Line Cinema has been slapped with another Lord of the Rings lawsuit.

A few years ago Rings director Peter Jackson sued the movie studio for underpaying him by millions.

Now, on Monday, reps for the estate of Lord of the Rings creator, J.R.R. Tolkien, filed a suit in LA claiming New Line failed to pay them their cut of gross profits. The estate claims that the film company made $6 billion off the three Rings movies and is required to pay 7.5% of gross receipts to the estate and its partners.

That's a lot of cash that's due!

This is probably the last thing that the studio needs. A major shake up is already in the cards for New Line.

Expect the layoffs to happen soon.

[Image via WENN.]

Posted: February 11, 2008 at 5:46 pm

61 comments to “Where's My $$?”

  1. ally says – reply to this


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    prob not first

  2. kk says – reply to this


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    FIRST!

  3. RoZAY!!! says – reply to this


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    FIRST

  4. tess says – reply to this


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    oh dearrr

  5. rza says – reply to this


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    that's a lot of money! Sucks for people to lose their jobs.

  6. daniel says – reply to this


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    first? :o )

  7. sassy says – reply to this


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    1

  8. katie says – reply to this


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    THIRD!

  9. Jac says – reply to this


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    First… wow he looks creepy

  10. VEGASBORN says – reply to this


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    EWW LOOK AT HIS NASTY NAILS!

  11. Sera says – reply to this


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    Elijah Wood creeps me OUT! I love how this picture show his hobbit habit of nail biting.

  12. fds says – reply to this


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    19 st

  13. dsd says – reply to this


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    22

  14. Leana Miller says – reply to this


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    yeah first

  15. cal says – reply to this


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    Oh shit let the bitch slaps begin

  16. Jorge says – reply to this


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    First????

  17. Ray says – reply to this


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    Stop all the suing already!

  18. woooowee says – reply to this


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    WWOO WEEE

  19. alex says – reply to this


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    not first.

    crazypants

  20. janette says – reply to this


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    I love You PEREZ! =-)

  21. woowee says – reply to this


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    HEELLZZ YA

  22. triciapants says – reply to this


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    sucks for them ;]
    20TH!

  23. Jamie says – reply to this


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    Check your grammar pererz

  24. jenna says – reply to this


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    damn, he's cute 1st

  25. Greedy J's says – reply to this


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    I dont know when these Jews will ever learn. So greedy.

    The same type of Jewish Hollywood types who let the writers strike go on for so long because they wanted to squeeze as many pennies from the writers as Jewishly possilbe.

    Jews, dont be so greedy.

  26. Arm Pitt says – reply to this


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    Boo fucking hoo!!! :P

  27. hithereeveryone. says – reply to this


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    FIRST.

  28. CORN says – reply to this


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    I feel so sorry for him..

  29. Janette says – reply to this


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    I am a BIG Fan Perez, I go on your site all the time! Yay Perez go LATINOS

  30. Magically Delicious says – reply to this


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    If I could have any appendage added to my body, I would love to have a tail. Not a little 'nub' for a tail, but a nice long slightly turned up tail. So when I am excited I can wag it. Or if I am just having an impressive day, I can walk around and ever so slightly move my tail from side-to-side. It will be like the new hair flip!!!

  31. Patches says – reply to this


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    Perez, hope you took my advice and buried that thing that melted on your head in your backyard - at night!
    Patches

  32. *Sigh* says – reply to this


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    Aaaahhh…

    Elijah Wood is so hot…

    He needs to man up a bit, though ;)

  33. pshhhh says – reply to this


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    Re: Magically Delicious – And when you're lonely…you can stick it up your ass and call it your girlfriend!!

  34. Patches says – reply to this


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    Elijah Wood should stop biting his fingernails. They're just as creepy as
    Britney Spears'.
    Eww.

  35. HOW DARE THEY SCREW TOLKEINS FAMILY says – reply to this


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    CROOKS!

  36. Max says – reply to this


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    Shut Up, Perez! You're just all butt-sore because you put your money on the wrong horse. HITLERY'S GOING DOWN!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

    OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!!

  37. Max says – reply to this


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    Shut Up, Perez! You're just all butt-sore because you put your money on the wrong horse. HITLERY'S GOING DOWN!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

    OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!! OBAMA '08!!

  38. Clever says – reply to this


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    Re: pshhhh – How bout I stick in my cunt and call it my girlfirend?? Jealous??? Should be ;)

  39. Sarah Silverman says – reply to this


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    I'm fucking Matt Damon.

  40. Hyde says – reply to this


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    How could New Line be so stupid to think they could get away with this???

  41. PedroHilton says – reply to this


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    these studios always try to avoid paying authors. ive heard of so many of these suits it isnt even funny. someone needs to go to jail for crap like this

  42. Sarah says – reply to this


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    He's not Dewish, where the heck did you get that from?

  43. adf says – reply to this


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    ELIJAH WOOD IS FUCKING HOT.

  44. Oh Perez... says – reply to this


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    Perez, where are you, update the site. No one wants to look at Elijah Wood all day. Besides this picture is old.

  45. They grow up so fast says – reply to this


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    Re: adf – Was.

  46. Cassie says – reply to this


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    dkjsl

  47. livii says – reply to this


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    i dont understand how it made that much. tht movie sucks & those ppl deserve there money PEREZ!! thanksforkeepingmenotifyedd.

  48. Santix says – reply to this


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    For god's sake, the lord of the rings movies didnt make 6 billion…It was officially announced that Harry Potter is the highest grossing franchise ever made…and it made 4.8 billion…of course this movies didnt make that much money if you dont believe me go to boxofficemojo dot com and see it there.

  49. Rock says – reply to this


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    Perez's biopic will be called "Lord of the Ring-Dings". :)

  50. Cece says – reply to this


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    Elijah Woodsucker's dating Zac Efron.

  51. Katrina says – reply to this


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    Luckily the movies are all done. They're great.

  52. Janet says – reply to this


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    Amazing ! Mario actually reported LEGITIMATE INTERESTING NEWS. Of course, this is necause Peter won THE HOBBIT battle. That was only won out of New Line desperation because THE GOLDEN COMPASS bombed. If the GOLDEN COMPASS did as well as Narnia, then this situation would not have happened. The truth is, Peter Jackson's success has nothing to do with ANYTHING BUT the Tolkien estate. Peter films were never successful and attributing Tolkien's success to him, is a big mistake.

  53. Millie says – reply to this


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    Elijah wood is soooo sexy!

  54. Wood Me says – reply to this


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    Elijah is hot with his striking eyes :) Needs to quit biting the nails though… looks painful.

  55. hooga-booga says – reply to this


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    he's so fuckin ugly.
    and look at those nasty ass nails.
    jeeezus..

  56. Allinaroe says – reply to this


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    uh…i know this is silly, but is that Andy Serkis or Elijah Wood in the photo? haha it's hard to tell with that face!

  57. mallory says – reply to this


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    GIVE ORLANDO HIS MONEY

  58. Heidi says – reply to this


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  59. Sarah says – reply to this


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    THEY NEED THAT MONEY FOR THE SUBTLE KNIFE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!! I NEED TO SEE MORE COULTERNESS GAHH!

  60. Sarah says – reply to this


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    Re: Sarah – I apologize for my crazyness : ) couldn't help it…seriously tho…stop suing..

  61. dashkaxoma says – reply to this


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    look at his nails!! ohh…