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Lord Of The Fries Wins Trademark Battle Against Company That Owns J.R.R. Tolkien’s Work

Middle-Earth Enterprises failed in its bid to contest the Melbourne-based burger joint's trademark of "Lord of the".

Pedestrian.tv

Embracer's talk about The Lord of the Rings says one thing: 'Fly, you fools!'

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PC Gamer

The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film

Film due to release in 2026 to be first in a new series, and will be directed by and star Serkis, who ‘has unfinished business with that stinker – Gollum!’

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Future Lord of the Rings games are set to get their own dedicated publisher following parent company Embracer's mass-studio closure amid $2 billion investment collapse

Coffee Stain, Middle-Earth, and Asmodee are all becoming their own entities

GamesRadar

Lord of the Rings Online developer reassures fans that the MMO is "not going away"

Amazon Games is developing its own LOTR MMO

GamesRadar

Amazon Games "New World" dev working on new 'The Lord of the Rings' open-world MMO for consoles and PC

The New World developer and Amazon Games have struck a deal for a brand new open-world MMO that takes place in Middle-earth.

Windows Central

Amazon is making a Lord of the Rings MMO game

The upcoming game will feature ‘the beloved stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings literary trilogy’

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Amazon sets its sights on Lord of the Rings for new MMO project

An agreement has been reached to allow Amazon Games to develop a new MMO set in the world of The Lord of the Rings.

TechRadar

Amazon is making another Lord of the Rings MMO, despite cancelling the last one

It's in the early stages of production with the New World team at Amazon Games Orange County.

PC Gamer

New 'Lord of the Rings' Movies Are Coming — But Is That a Good Idea?

Warner Brothers and Embracer have reportedly kept Peter Jackson "in the loop every step of the way of these new feature adaptations.

Inverse

What we know about Warner Bros’ ‘multiple’ new Lord of The Rings movies

20 years have passed since the debut of Peter Jackson's trilogy, and Warner Bros. Discovery is currently competing for franchises.

Evening Standard

‘Multiple’ new Lord of the Rings movies announced by Warner Bros

‘The vast, complex and dazzling universe dreamed up by JRR Tolkien remains largely unexplored on film,’ studio heads say

The Independent UK

New Lord of the Rings films in the works at Warner Bros

Announcement comes 20 years after Peter Jackson’s trilogy was released and amid a scramble for franchises at Warner Bros Discovery

The Guardian - AU

Refuse firm Lord of the Bins ordered to change its name by Tolkien franchise

Two-man business contacted by lawyers of Middle-earth Enterprises, which owns rights to Lord of the Rings

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Rubbish collection company ordered to change name by Lord of the Rings owner

The company has also been told to scrap its slogan

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 20 August 2022

Amazon is about to release its billion-dollar mouthful The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It turns out that the fight for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkein's magnum opus has been a twisting journey of its own fantastical proportions.

The Guardian - UK

Swedish gaming giant buys Lord of the Rings and Hobbit rights

Embracer buys Middle-earth Enterprises which controls intellectual property rights to Tolkien’s most famous works

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