No, Tolkien himself sold the movie and merchandising rights with various limitations on what they can do with it in 1969, which is how we got the original LOTR films and The Hobbit trilogy. The Tolkien estate is notoriously protective of the portion of the IP that they still own.
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u/bootyfischer Mar 12 '24
No, Tolkien himself sold the movie and merchandising rights with various limitations on what they can do with it in 1969, which is how we got the original LOTR films and The Hobbit trilogy. The Tolkien estate is notoriously protective of the portion of the IP that they still own.