According to the Variety portal, Zaentz has hired an auction firm to handle the process of selling his rights to the novels The Lord of the rings Y The Hobbit for film adaptations, merchandise, video games, and live events.
The media indicates that the company intends to sell these rights for at least US $ 2,000 million. The main motivation for the fact would be the anticipation for The lord of the rings: the rings of power, the next series of amazon which will be released this year.
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The lord of the rings: the rings of power
The series, which will tell the events that occur in the second age of Middle-earth and how it was that Sauron forged the artifacts that would lead to his rise to power, will arrive on Amazon Prime Video on September 2. In that sense, the platform would be the first interested in acquiring these rights, not to mention that Amazon has already spent about US $350 million on the first season of The Rings of Power.
On the other hand, its closest competitor would be Disney.
When will the auction start?
It is not yet known when the negotiations could start, but it is most likely that they will take place after seeing the results obtained by the Amazon series.
It is worth mentioning that the trailer for The Rings of Power will arrive this Sunday during the Super Bowl 2022 sporting event.