The rights to "The Lord of the Rings" will go under the hammer

Saul Zaentz Co. decided to put up for sale the rights to the Lord of the Rings franchise created by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is reported by the Variety portal, indicating that the current copyright holders plan to receive $ 2 billion for copyright content.

The buyer, who has enough money to pay, will be able to create games, films, merch and other content based on the legendary fantasy universe. The only thing that Saul Zaentz Co. no, it's the rights to create series over 8 episodes - they are owned by Amazon.

It is assumed that it is Amazon representatives who plan to acquire all the rights to The Lord of the Rings.