Complex sentence: In 1998, he published about the case of Bruce/David Reimer, the New York Times bestseller; the fim rights to this book were bought by Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1998, he published about the case of Bruce/David Reimer. The book was a New York Times bestseller and the fim rightswere bought by Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.