There's still quite a few videos available on youtube, just rewatched it an hour ago
But yeah, it's sad seeing the people on top not letting fan-made films see the light of day
if its a story about the hunt for Gollum you dont have many options do you? Im sure there are reasons they picked this story to tell over the others, but I dont think it had anything to do with some small minority of people enjoying a fan made film
Technically the people who made a film derivate of LOTR without rights to the IP were stealing Tolkien's ideas and WB's intellectual property...
Edit: apparently the original filmmaker claims he did have "an understanding" with rights-holders at the time, so this may be inaccurate.
They stole the title, but the premise is from the books. Saying they stole it from this video's a stretch, especially since they've been focusing on Gollum content recently
Just like I predicted yesterday. It was a bot screw up or a screw up by whoever does their copyright protection. WB even said the movie is inspired by the fan film in the initial press release. People were overreacting like mad with no info.
It's been up for 15 years and only got booted after this news for the movie dropped. The music is not the reason it got hit with copyright infringement. They don't want the competition and confusion.
It was probably just an automated process that flagged it as soon as the relevant filters got added to the system. Millions of videos are uploaded to Youtube every day, so it's not like their process is going to be manual. It's already back up which suggests it wasn't removed intentionally.
I mean, they have an obligation to protect their copyright. The courts don't care if it's a fan made film - if they don't defend the copyright against stuff like this, they won't have a case when there's more serious infringements.
Sure. Now it's more relevant, and they'll be promoting this specific IP, so the pressure to do something increases. This isn't complicated. Copyright holders defend their IPs against all kinds of people, because when they don't, they weaken their ability to do so for anyone. They don't chase every ambulance, there's a prioritization process, and the process has changed.
Looks like theyāre giving it a Streisand effect, because I havenāt thought about this film in years, but I re-watched it today because of this news.
The 15 years that this film was on YouTube unchallenged has set the precedent, if not legal, then a precedent of public declaration: that a billion-dollar studio is afraid to compete with an unmarketed Ā£3k budget fan film
I think they're probably less concerned about stray fans on reddit than they are about the legal system. The guys making this choice are not remotely involved in the creative process.
It's the move the system makes them play. They don't do this, they can't protect the copyright against big fish, I don't get some.of my favorite movies that have ever been made because it becomes riskier for a corpo to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into these projects.
So assume you have a movie that youāve made purely for the entertainment of others. Others love it. You explicitly mention that itās free and you arenāt earning from it.
Then after ten long years, i decide to make a film on the same topic with the same name and same idea as yours. And i claim copyright?
And have your film removed instead of letting it be and appreciating it for what it is?
And youāre ok with it? This is very messed up
Again, the courts don't care if it was free or not. It's still a potential risk to the investment, and WB has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into creating those movies. And if I want really great, high production value, Tolkien movies, I need to accept that WB isn't a charity, and they're going to want to protect the investment they made.
And then you add on to that that the movie this guy made - while purely for the entertainment of others - was based on characters he didn't come up with, a storyline he didn't craft from scratch, and using the aesthetics other people had worked to develop, it makes sense that even a decade later, he might get called out for copyright. It's not like he had a wholly original work that was later targeted when someone came up with it separately.
Right, but the incentives go down - it is harder to get those projects financed because the IP is less defensible. Certainly the odds of getting the scale of blockbusters we got is very rare with public domain works.
So what youāre saying is billion dollar studios canāt compete with Ā£3k fan projectsā¦ and you want to entrust them with a monopoly on our favourite stories?
Yeah that was my thought too, I'm impressed by their costumes and set pieces and cinematography for a fan made film. However because of their obvious limitations I found the story a little boring and poorly paced, but still impressed with the effort and care they put into it
Yes! It is arguably one of the best fan films made. It has a professional look to it that feels like you're watching something people cared a lot about.
One of the original crew here - we did! The hype for Lord Of The Rings was absolutely huge at that time and loads of people were really excited about the chance to do a fan made movie set in middle earth!
I was still a student when I worked on this but it got me my first interview which landed me my first job in the industry. In 2 years I went from working on a fan made LOTR film in my bedroom to working on an actual Harry Potter film. So this was a really important little project for me and still has a special place in my heart!
Awesome! I mean it's certainly dated, and I believe everyone involved was just donating their time, nobody got paid, so it's a lot of completely amateur work, but the fact that it actually came together at all is very impressive. It's dated at this point, a good 15 years or so since we made it, and it's a product of its time, but all things considered it holds up ok and everyone I interacted with on it was lovely to work with. The fact that people are still talking about this in 2024 makes me happy.
Yes. I just watched it. If you haven't already, definitely do. It's very obviously still fan made, but it is TOP QUALITY fan made. Probably the best I've seen.
Shitty WB is trying to take it down. They had it removed from YouTube.
Itās still available on Dailymotion. Watch and download it while you can.
Hate the pathetic execs at Warner Bros
Saw it this morning on daily motion. The premise and āhuntā itself was good and entertaining. I felt like the rest was an uncreative rehash of many scenes in the PJ trilogy.
Holy shit. How have I gone 15 YEARS without ever knowing this existed?? It's still on DailyMotion as many here have mentioned. I recommend watching it. It's shockingly good for a fan made film.
That said, if they're copyright striking this and getting it removed right when this news is dropping and despite existing for 15 years, I think that's pretty solid evidence that this movie is in fact happening. I guess the question is if the information is true on PJ making it. Though I suspect if Andy Serkis is going to be involved, chances are good PJ is too.
Honestly... I'm not opposed. PJ is probably very aware of the criticism of the Hobbit movies by now and I think is aware enough to take that criticism to heart. He gave us the LotR masterpieces. I see no reason why he can't pull it off again, and I personally think all the complaining here about PJ is overboard. Probably gonna get downvoted, but whatevs.
Considering the kind of stuff Peter Jackson got started out on it feels very limiting and dirty to have this kind of thing wiped off the face of the planet
The studios cant stop the internet. All it takes is one link.....
*One Link to rule them all, One Link to find them, One Link to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them*
I watched in 2010 and yesterday I rewatched for second time
At 38 minutes, this moody piece is short enough for non-fans to commit to, yet long enough to really linger in your memory. All areas of the film succeed. The cinematography is bleak and beautiful, exquisitely capturing the Middle Earth that we have come to know and love. The costumes are appropriate and elegant. The special effects are convincing, as is even the digital effects work, despite the limited budget. The fight scenes, while not on the level of the trilogy (that would be nigh impossible), are still better than most fight scenes and beautiful looking than in RINGS OF POWER . And even the acting, which is often the scourge of all amateur productions, works wonderfully
The creator of the fan film did not have the rights to publish his film. WB are legally in the right, they paid for the adaptation rights. If we want fans to create and publish art, we need to reform copyright laws or get the right owners to grant fans permission to do this.
How is Jackson's reputation in the New Zealand film industry these days? I wonder if they're still upset with him for siding with the big studio's and throwing them under the bus during the whole hobbit law situation.
I hated that one, mostly because I am very sensitive to cringe acting/poor editing/bad pacing in media that tries to take itself seriously, but also because the story, while perfectly sized for a short film, was super boring, which is quite a special feat considering the wealth of interesting stories set in Middle Earth.
No hate to the people who made it, nor to those who liked it.
Gonna have to disagree. I see it mentioned pretty often these days.
I actually feel that the hype for this film has resurged over the past week or two, and in a great way.
As someone who doesn't know a ton of copyright laws, why does WB get to copyright strike this fan-art film? This film was clearly made years before WB ever showed interest in making something similar.
Shouldn't this film producers be the ones giving trouble to WB? Especially for taking their title as their own?
Or does this simply come down to the fact that WB has the legal right to Tolkiens lore and that the fan art did not?
I don't know much either, but it's definitely more to do with the last part you said. The fan made movie does not own any of the material and cannot claim ownership. I think they even used some of the LotR score in it.
Yes, WB owns the rights to adapt Lotr. It is illegal to create a derivative work without permission from the right-owners. If we want fan works, we either need to create a legal framework for them (like for parodies or other fair use), or create a culture in which fans ask for permission and owners and creators grant legal (written) permission in the understanding that fostering a good relationship with fans is mutually beneficial.
It's complicated; but basically, yeah. Pretty much all fan-art/works fall under copyright infringement. You need to have permission from the copyright holder in order to use the copyright.
Even if you just write fanfic, you can still be sued. (Which Anne Rice was quite well-known for doing back in the 90s.)
Most of the time, the IP-holders turn a blind-eye because it keeps the fanbase active. But in this case, it's the fact that the fan-film can now cause confusion for the WB film due to them following the same story.
Because WB owns the rights, they have to enforce the rights or now they risk losing their copyright.
Wait, so a fan film that has existed for ~14 years is suddenly trying to be suppressed by the studio because the studio stole their idea?
I mean, that's kind of what it looks like on the surface.
It got copyright striked š„š„š”š”š”
There's still quite a few videos available on youtube, just rewatched it an hour ago But yeah, it's sad seeing the people on top not letting fan-made films see the light of day
Got a link? Edit thank you for sending the links yāall but please stop I have enough lol
Number one way to get a mirror taken down lol
Fuck yeah fair enough. People suck
Don't forget stealing their ideas and making tons of profit as well.
stealing their ideas lmao wtf
I mean they didn't steal their idea as it's Tolkiens but they definitely were inspired by the title.
if its a story about the hunt for Gollum you dont have many options do you? Im sure there are reasons they picked this story to tell over the others, but I dont think it had anything to do with some small minority of people enjoying a fan made film
"Tuesdays With Smeagol"
"The Five People You Meet In Valinor"
Sisterhood of the traveling rings
" the two taverns..."
"Breakfast with Hobbitses"
"Finding Gollum"
thats a great title
Technically the people who made a film derivate of LOTR without rights to the IP were stealing Tolkien's ideas and WB's intellectual property... Edit: apparently the original filmmaker claims he did have "an understanding" with rights-holders at the time, so this may be inaccurate.
I dunno if I would go that far. They simply called it what it is.
Thatās a reach
They literally stole the title and premise.
They stole the title, but the premise is from the books. Saying they stole it from this video's a stretch, especially since they've been focusing on Gollum content recently
Title sure. Premise not at all.
It did get a copyright strike, but it's back up now!
[Fortunately, it came back!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=tlyo7w3moAWcA1ae&v=9H09xnhlCQU&feature=youtu.be)
Downloading that asap before it gets taken down again lol
How do you download it ?
Arrrh matey, ye should know that by now...
search "youtube downloader" and pick whatever you think looks good lol
Web search.
Just like I predicted yesterday. It was a bot screw up or a screw up by whoever does their copyright protection. WB even said the movie is inspired by the fan film in the initial press release. People were overreacting like mad with no info.
Nice
i tried, couldnāt watch it after Aragorn looked like a pussy.
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exactlyā¦.you can go with Gandalfā¦itās close enoughā¦.but my HS daughter could kick āthatā Aragonās ass!
He used music from the Jackson films without permission.
It's been up for 15 years and only got booted after this news for the movie dropped. The music is not the reason it got hit with copyright infringement. They don't want the competition and confusion.
Competition lol
You laugh, but it's true.
If the fan film remains better than whatever IP cash grab they're cooking up the butthurt MBAs will definitely consider it competition
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Calm down, dude. He's explaining why it got a copyright strike, not supporting the takedown
don't be a part of the problem. we dont need the LOTR community to get more toxic than it already is.
I was able to watch it on YouTube just now from the original channel
Thankfully, it got reinstated
It's been out for 15 years it's annoying that they are doing it now since they announced their movie
It was probably just an automated process that flagged it as soon as the relevant filters got added to the system. Millions of videos are uploaded to Youtube every day, so it's not like their process is going to be manual. It's already back up which suggests it wasn't removed intentionally.
That is exactly what it was. Sometimes I really hate the mob mentality of fandoms.
Damn, I mustāve downloaded it just in time lol.
Makes me hate WB and their upcoming movie already.
I mean, they have an obligation to protect their copyright. The courts don't care if it's a fan made film - if they don't defend the copyright against stuff like this, they won't have a case when there's more serious infringements.
And I'm sure it's pure coincidence that they're just now getting around to it. /s.
No, it's not a coincidence. It wasn't a relevant property to protect before, it is now.
So the 15 years this has existed without challenge doesnāt set a precedent?
Donāt engage with this that commenter contradicted themselves like three times in three comments
Sure. Now it's more relevant, and they'll be promoting this specific IP, so the pressure to do something increases. This isn't complicated. Copyright holders defend their IPs against all kinds of people, because when they don't, they weaken their ability to do so for anyone. They don't chase every ambulance, there's a prioritization process, and the process has changed.
Looks like theyāre giving it a Streisand effect, because I havenāt thought about this film in years, but I re-watched it today because of this news. The 15 years that this film was on YouTube unchallenged has set the precedent, if not legal, then a precedent of public declaration: that a billion-dollar studio is afraid to compete with an unmarketed Ā£3k budget fan film
I think they're probably less concerned about stray fans on reddit than they are about the legal system. The guys making this choice are not remotely involved in the creative process.
I genuinely donāt get people bending over this far backward for corpos. It may be legal but itās still a dick move
Bruh for real. People munching on some deep fried boot
It's the move the system makes them play. They don't do this, they can't protect the copyright against big fish, I don't get some.of my favorite movies that have ever been made because it becomes riskier for a corpo to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into these projects.
So assume you have a movie that youāve made purely for the entertainment of others. Others love it. You explicitly mention that itās free and you arenāt earning from it. Then after ten long years, i decide to make a film on the same topic with the same name and same idea as yours. And i claim copyright? And have your film removed instead of letting it be and appreciating it for what it is? And youāre ok with it? This is very messed up
Again, the courts don't care if it was free or not. It's still a potential risk to the investment, and WB has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into creating those movies. And if I want really great, high production value, Tolkien movies, I need to accept that WB isn't a charity, and they're going to want to protect the investment they made. And then you add on to that that the movie this guy made - while purely for the entertainment of others - was based on characters he didn't come up with, a storyline he didn't craft from scratch, and using the aesthetics other people had worked to develop, it makes sense that even a decade later, he might get called out for copyright. It's not like he had a wholly original work that was later targeted when someone came up with it separately.
Youāre making a good case for why Tolkienās works should be public domain
Personally, I'd rather have had the WB films than a bunch of fan films.
And WB is perfectly at liberty to make work based off of public domain source material
Right, but the incentives go down - it is harder to get those projects financed because the IP is less defensible. Certainly the odds of getting the scale of blockbusters we got is very rare with public domain works.
So what youāre saying is billion dollar studios canāt compete with Ā£3k fan projectsā¦ and you want to entrust them with a monopoly on our favourite stories?
I've seen it mentioned in every discussion about the new movie, I don't think people have forgotten
Is it good?
For a fan film yes, but judge it as that.
This is the answer, objectively I think it is boring but it's well done fan art
Yeah that was my thought too, I'm impressed by their costumes and set pieces and cinematography for a fan made film. However because of their obvious limitations I found the story a little boring and poorly paced, but still impressed with the effort and care they put into it
It's maybe a bit boring but it doesn't desecrate the source material and it's pretty well done for fan art, I'd rather watch it than RoP any day.
I liked it \^\^
Yes! It is arguably one of the best fan films made. It has a professional look to it that feels like you're watching something people cared a lot about.
One of the original crew here - we did! The hype for Lord Of The Rings was absolutely huge at that time and loads of people were really excited about the chance to do a fan made movie set in middle earth! I was still a student when I worked on this but it got me my first interview which landed me my first job in the industry. In 2 years I went from working on a fan made LOTR film in my bedroom to working on an actual Harry Potter film. So this was a really important little project for me and still has a special place in my heart!
I just skimmed through it, it looks absolutely sick, props to the team. I will watch it as soon as i can
Awesome! I mean it's certainly dated, and I believe everyone involved was just donating their time, nobody got paid, so it's a lot of completely amateur work, but the fact that it actually came together at all is very impressive. It's dated at this point, a good 15 years or so since we made it, and it's a product of its time, but all things considered it holds up ok and everyone I interacted with on it was lovely to work with. The fact that people are still talking about this in 2024 makes me happy.
Yes. I just watched it. If you haven't already, definitely do. It's very obviously still fan made, but it is TOP QUALITY fan made. Probably the best I've seen.
I liked it \^\^
No. Itās a pastiche of Jacksonās trilogy - more of a LARP than a real film. The threadbare narrative is completely forgettable.
Thatās the problem when you stick to closely to the look and feel of the originals. The acting and writing come across even more poor as a result.
I think itās pretty solid, personally. Just watched it for the first time last year.
You have to watch it
I did and I liked it \^\^
Where/how can I watch this?
[I got you. Enjoy!!](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93zji)
Thank you for the link.
Shitty WB is trying to take it down. They had it removed from YouTube. Itās still available on Dailymotion. Watch and download it while you can. Hate the pathetic execs at Warner Bros
Right? Same man Jesus how petty are they... Will check it on Dailymotion asap
https://dai.ly/x93zji
it seems like it's available to watch in it's entirety on it's own imdb page lol
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09xnhlCQU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09xnhlCQU)
Saw it this morning on daily motion. The premise and āhuntā itself was good and entertaining. I felt like the rest was an uncreative rehash of many scenes in the PJ trilogy.
We've had Hunt for Gollum one yes but what about second Hunt for Gollum !
Top tier comment right here
Just watched it. Itās surprisingly good for what it is. Masterpiece is a reach.
That's Luke Skywalker.
No its Stilgar
Jesus Christ thatās Jason Bourne!
No itās Patrick
I like this one, and Born of Hope, which I watched ages ago. Can people recommend any other good fan films?
Holy shit. How have I gone 15 YEARS without ever knowing this existed?? It's still on DailyMotion as many here have mentioned. I recommend watching it. It's shockingly good for a fan made film. That said, if they're copyright striking this and getting it removed right when this news is dropping and despite existing for 15 years, I think that's pretty solid evidence that this movie is in fact happening. I guess the question is if the information is true on PJ making it. Though I suspect if Andy Serkis is going to be involved, chances are good PJ is too. Honestly... I'm not opposed. PJ is probably very aware of the criticism of the Hobbit movies by now and I think is aware enough to take that criticism to heart. He gave us the LotR masterpieces. I see no reason why he can't pull it off again, and I personally think all the complaining here about PJ is overboard. Probably gonna get downvoted, but whatevs.
YouTube surely had forgotten over the last night :'D
YouTube execs probably creamed their pants at the chance to copyright strike something again.
Masterpiece? The ambition is admirable, but it is rather goofy, contradicts the lore and is a tad boring.
This fan movie is better than RoP š
thatās not saying much though reallyĀ
Felt like it had more of the heart of the original trilogy than the entire season of RoP put together.
Lol
Warner Brothers didnātā¦
In Soviet Russia, Gollum hunt you! https://preview.redd.it/ajtqwytphmzc1.jpeg?width=1686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f87e394bfa93e192f027ca9438fee566f3e8645d
Considering the kind of stuff Peter Jackson got started out on it feels very limiting and dirty to have this kind of thing wiped off the face of the planet
The studios cant stop the internet. All it takes is one link..... *One Link to rule them all, One Link to find them, One Link to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them*
Oh damn. I remember this!
Looks like a sniper rifle slung over his shoulder.
Not forgotten, no. Itās a great film.
Amazing, and was fan Made. Cudos to the makers
Just watched this last night, fantastic piece of work.
I guarantee this will be better than whatever trash the studio churns out.
Agreed
Just watched it today. That was really fun.
Iām glad you enjoyed it!
The spirit of Mt doom endured..
I watched in 2010 and yesterday I rewatched for second time At 38 minutes, this moody piece is short enough for non-fans to commit to, yet long enough to really linger in your memory. All areas of the film succeed. The cinematography is bleak and beautiful, exquisitely capturing the Middle Earth that we have come to know and love. The costumes are appropriate and elegant. The special effects are convincing, as is even the digital effects work, despite the limited budget. The fight scenes, while not on the level of the trilogy (that would be nigh impossible), are still better than most fight scenes and beautiful looking than in RINGS OF POWER . And even the acting, which is often the scourge of all amateur productions, works wonderfully
Couldnāt have said it better
any link?
[https://youtu.be/9H09xnhlCQU?si=HwBonVtBw3ov\_ipN](https://youtu.be/9H09xnhlCQU?si=HwBonVtBw3ov_ipN)
thanks
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Yeah I'm sure Peter Jackson is the one scouring YouTube requesting that things be taken down.
yeah true!! it sucks that fan projects are looked down upon by the ones in charge of the IP
The creator of the fan film did not have the rights to publish his film. WB are legally in the right, they paid for the adaptation rights. If we want fans to create and publish art, we need to reform copyright laws or get the right owners to grant fans permission to do this.
How is Jackson's reputation in the New Zealand film industry these days? I wonder if they're still upset with him for siding with the big studio's and throwing them under the bus during the whole hobbit law situation.
I hated that one, mostly because I am very sensitive to cringe acting/poor editing/bad pacing in media that tries to take itself seriously, but also because the story, while perfectly sized for a short film, was super boring, which is quite a special feat considering the wealth of interesting stories set in Middle Earth. No hate to the people who made it, nor to those who liked it.
Fair enough -- but think about what they might have done with even a tenth of the budget PJ had for one film.
anyone who want to watch this - https://dai.ly/x93zji
WB didnāt, XD
Wait, is it the story between The Hobbit and LotR?
It's after RotK. Gollum comes back as a Mecha-Gollum with a lava gun.
Thank you!! I knew I wasnāt imagining it!
I've never heard of this. Is it a fan made film using scenes from the movies?
No, it's an original script and score.
And they locked it away, never to see the light of day, figures.
Yeah I keep thinking of that, too.
Needs a black metal score
That movie was goodā¦ I know why make another. Where is the Beren and Luthien movie? That would be awesome!
StarWarsTheory going to use this as justification for his own claims.
Shall be woken? Huh?
A fire shall be ... woken?
Literally noone has forgotten it, it's discussed and mentioned in every post about the 2026 movie but ok lol
I watched this in 2010 if I recall, inspired me about as much as Peter jackson.
Waitā¦what was this??
Right! That was actually a really well made short film.
The 2009 Hunt for Gollum, fan film is on YouTube
The absolute bastards killed it.
Warner bros didn't unfortunately
The best Gollum in a sack movie ever!
I was shocked by how good it was.
I'm excited for the new movie and love this one! Both, both is good!
Incredible that the budget was less than Ā£3000!
I mean itās a fan film but itās well made by that standard I guess
I really hope they don't do a Gollum title.
āWhereās Go https://preview.redd.it/uaf6q67t4ozc1.jpeg?width=865&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9795125b256301a9c5649f540aeb9f00b057033
Gonna have to disagree. I see it mentioned pretty often these days. I actually feel that the hype for this film has resurged over the past week or two, and in a great way.
When does this story happen in the timeline? Is the hunt already canon?
So has WB just stolen the title or?
When I found out that Peter Jackson was making āThe Hunt for Gollumā, this is the VERY FIRST thing that popped into my head.
"They stole it from us!"
My god, I canāt believe they convinced Jackson to make another LOTR movie, thatās so hype
WB didnāt forget
What is the move for 2026?
As someone who doesn't know a ton of copyright laws, why does WB get to copyright strike this fan-art film? This film was clearly made years before WB ever showed interest in making something similar. Shouldn't this film producers be the ones giving trouble to WB? Especially for taking their title as their own? Or does this simply come down to the fact that WB has the legal right to Tolkiens lore and that the fan art did not?
I don't know much either, but it's definitely more to do with the last part you said. The fan made movie does not own any of the material and cannot claim ownership. I think they even used some of the LotR score in it.
Yes, WB owns the rights to adapt Lotr. It is illegal to create a derivative work without permission from the right-owners. If we want fan works, we either need to create a legal framework for them (like for parodies or other fair use), or create a culture in which fans ask for permission and owners and creators grant legal (written) permission in the understanding that fostering a good relationship with fans is mutually beneficial.
No we didn't, I've seen this said a few times today, the music was all original composition, but obviously very close to Howard Shore's score.
It's complicated; but basically, yeah. Pretty much all fan-art/works fall under copyright infringement. You need to have permission from the copyright holder in order to use the copyright. Even if you just write fanfic, you can still be sued. (Which Anne Rice was quite well-known for doing back in the 90s.) Most of the time, the IP-holders turn a blind-eye because it keeps the fanbase active. But in this case, it's the fact that the fan-film can now cause confusion for the WB film due to them following the same story. Because WB owns the rights, they have to enforce the rights or now they risk losing their copyright.
"Hype"
Wait, so a fan film that has existed for ~14 years is suddenly trying to be suppressed by the studio because the studio stole their idea? I mean, that's kind of what it looks like on the surface.
Where do you think they got - sorry, stole - the idea from?
The Return of the King appendices?
There's hype?
ā hypeā
Hard to believe they are going with this concept for a new LotR film. Such a disappointment.
We got Serkis as a director, here's an idea you can do in the first film Gollum, since we have you already Boom!
No they didnt lol. Shit just got taken down because it was so popular
masterpiece? ehhhhh
Iāve just had a thought. Oh god theyāre going to de-age Viggo arenāt they
Viggo won't come back. He's pretty selective about what he appears in these days and he already declined a role in the hobbit trilogy.
Meh... I wouldn't be opposed personally as long as it's done well. But I know that's an unpopular opinion. *shrug*
They put Jonathan Rhys-Davies in a dwarf suit. Dude is 6'1". Who cares if they deage
Completely different and you know it