Warner Bros., by way of New Line Cinema, has held the film rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit because the late ‘90s, after Peter Jackson’s film plans moved from Miramax to it. As these rights are those licensed by way of Center-earth Enterprises, these adaptive rights cowl what we already talked about—the usage of names, occasions, areas, and so forth. Warner in flip additionally owns the rights to these motion pictures, and their particular imagery, for initiatives that may be set in the identical world and continuity of the movies.

That’s essential, as Saul Zaentz was beforehand legally going to argue that the movie rights had reverted to Center-earth Enterprises once more after no additional Lord of the Rings or Hobbit motion pictures have been in manufacturing. The announcement of the animated prequel film Battle of the Rohirrim, following the lifetime of the King of Rohan Helm Hammerhand, modified that, and it appears that evidently Embracer’s acquisition of Center-earth Enterprises has led to that argument being put to mattress, as the 2 firms are actually working collectively on extra movies.

Past motion pictures, since 2009—after Digital Arts’ license for Lord of the Rings video games concluded—Warner’s gaming subdivision WBIE has been the licensee for video games utilizing both the flicks as supply materials or The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings novels. This contains titles like Lego Lord of the Rings, the duology Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of Battle, and WB Video games Boston’s stewardship of the long-operating Lord of the Rings On-line MMORPG. Just one present online game is thought to be within the works by way of the deal: Heroes of Center-earth, a cell RPG developed by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes’ EA Capital Video games.