'Lord of the Rings' wrangle settled with JRR Tolkien estate

Sep. 8, 2009
J.R.R. Tolkien's estate has reached a settlement with the studio behind the "Lord of the Rings" movies after alleging it had not received "even one penny" of royalties from the successful film trilogy.
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