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Tolkien estate sues New Line Cinema

J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate and publisher HarperCollins are suing New Line Cinema, claiming that they have not received a penny of royalties from the estimated $6 billion the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings films have grossed worldwide. In addition to damages, the plaintiffs are seeking a court order giving the Tolkien estate the right to terminate any rights New Line may have to make films based on other works by the author, including The Hobbit.

The Hobbit is tentatively slated to begin production next year, with releases planned for 2010 and 2011, and such a court order would place current plans for this film in jeopardy.

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ILM dominates VES with giant robots, tentacles

IMAGE: Not the Japanese porn film youIndustrial Light & Magic was the big winner at the Visual Effects Society awards Sunday. They received six awards: Four for Transformers and two for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

Transformers got Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture, Best Single Visual Effect of the Year (for the Desert Highway Sequence,) Outstanding Models or Miniatures in a Motion Picture, and Outstanding Compositing in a Motion Picture. At World’s End took Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture (for Davy Jones) and Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Motion Picture (for the Maelstrom.)

Other genre winners included Battlestar Galactica – Razor (Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Miniseries, Movie or Special) and Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix (Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture.)

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Rifftrax meets the SW Holiday Special

For those of you who longed for the time when the cast of MST3K could skewer the Holiday Special, your wait is now over. If you haven’t got a copy of it, you could always “Get [it] frOm yOur friend Greg, in LakE VIDEO, Illinois”.

Also new on their list, “Raiders of the Lost Ark“, “Jurassic Park” (feat. Weird Al Yankovic), and for a limited time, buy all 3 SW prequel Riffs for only $8.99. It’s a bargain even Watto would love.

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Mulder and Scully Together Again

TEASER: X-Files movie picJessa discovered that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will be making their first-ever joint convention appearance, along with director-writer-producer Chris Carter and writer-producer Frank Spotnitz to discuss the upcoming X-Files movie. This rare convergence will be taking place at WonderCon in San Francisco on Saturday, February 23.

Jessa also mentioned that she would be excited, except that there is no Skinner involved.

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Movie News: Indy, Hobbit, Bond, Pirates

TEASER: Indy’s hatIndianaJones.com posts another behind-the-scenes video, this time focusing on the original iconic Hat. TheRaider.net also has a scan of a new photo featuring Shia LaBeouf and Cate Blanchett.