The Rings of Power takes place during the Second Age and has an extensive cast list including Joseph Mawle and Robert Aramayo, and IGN gained an exclusive look behind the scenes of its production. With the Saul Zaentz Company believing it now owns those rights, however, combined with the excitement caused by Amazon's TV series, it decided it was time to sell. There is a Card Game and a Board Game but they never drew any large crowds to them. The actual owner of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film rights has been at the center of extensive legal action over the years. And the Lord of the Rings Gaming IP has only had 1 Video Game out since October 2017 being Middle-Earth: Shadow of War and the last LOTR IP Game directly tied to the Main Events was the Lego LOTR: The Hobbit Game back in 2014. Electronic Arts held the Lord of the Rings license throughout the triumphant years of the Peter Jackson films. The developers, Athlon Games, have been moving around a lot from Amazon Game Studios to Tencent, and due to these acquisitions, some new information about the Lord of the Rings MMO was revealed. will sell its movie, gaming, merchandising, and live event rights. b By: Scott Schopman/b Not sick of Lord of the Rings yet you say Well neither is bEA/b as they have just announced they have been granted the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. According to Variety, the Saul Zaentz Co. maintains some movie rights to The Lord of the Rings through its ownership of New Line Cinema, that produced the live-action film trilogy, but the Saul Zaentz Company believes the rights returned to them in 2021 as Warner Bros. The film and gaming rights to The Lord of the Rings and Th Hobbit are going up for sale.

The sale also include limited matching rights if the Tolkien Estate, the legal body that manages Tolkien's work, makes movies or other content based on work published after the author's death. Amazon is reportedly eager to gain the rights to go alongside its Lord of the Rings TV show, The Rings of Power, that releases on September 2 ( with a first look coming at the Super Bowl).

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