Ian McKellen throws his wand behind underdog in dramatisation of themed pub’s legal threat from Middle-earth Enterprises
It is the nail-biting, crowdpleasing story of a plucky everyday hero encountering a mighty empire. Now, in a double dose of life imitating art, a new play is to tell how the Tolkien-themed Hobbit pub in Southampton clashed with a Hollywood film company over copyright infringement.
Samuel Hodges, director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres, has announced that he is commissioning a play about the dispute between the pub, which has held its name for more than 25 years, and the producer Paul Zaentz. In 2012, the establishment was threatened with legal action by Middle-earth Enterprises, a division of the LA-based Saul Zaentz Company, which controls worldwide merchandising rights to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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